REPORTS OF CASES. 
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show signs of pains and sweats I consider it time to pick up my 
grip and instruments, make an unfavorable prognosis, and get 
out. 
It cannot be an affection of the heart, for the heart’s action 
is normal and regular. It cannot be a foreign body working its 
way from the stomach towards the heart, for then its action 
would be interfered with. 
Were it an embolism or thrombus we might not expect in¬ 
stant death. 
Now, I recall to memory a case of mine some three years 
ago. It was similarly reported. I was called ; the animal was 
dead and hauled out when I arrived. On post-mortem I found 
a large abscess of one of the mesenteric glands, recently broken. 
The next week I was called to a second case of like symp¬ 
toms. The beast had recovered from terrible pains and sweats 
when I arrived. Ten days later she had a second attack and 
died. The post-mortem revealed similar abscesses. On close 
questioning of the owners, those horses had suffered from stran¬ 
gles some two or three months earlier and had received no sub¬ 
sequent treatment. 
Might Dr. Derr’s case not be one which suffered from the 
after effects of some debilitating disease ? 
In conclusion, after a diagnosis of a sequel to some debili¬ 
tating disease, I am obliged to glance only slightly at some of 
the symptoms enumerated. 
FOREIGN BODY IN MILK DUCT. 
By Francis Abele, V. S., Quincy, Mass. 
A cow that was bought of a trader very cheap and not war¬ 
ranted, gave a fine mess of milk, but once in a while blood came 
from one quaiter. At times a foreign body could be felt in the 
udder resembling a short milk tube. Cast the cow, inserted 
small artery forceps into duct and succeeded in catching end of 
object, which proved to be the end of a quill. Was surprised 
how easily quill and forceps came through the duct. 
A Mixture of Borate of Soda and milk is recommended 
by a Parisian chemist as the best general antidote. It should 
be given the first thing after emptying the stomach. For vege¬ 
table poisons, the best antidote is a one per cent, solution of per¬ 
manganate of potash. 
Caffeine markedly increases the diuretic action of digitalis. 
The combination is of especial value in cardiac dropsy. 
