AZOTURIA TREATED WITH POTASSIUM IODIDE. 
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driver arrived at the stable he found things all right. He fed, 
and, as he was cleaning up, he saw that this mare was not just 
rieht; so he at once called the owner. As soon as he saw her 
he knew it was azoturia. So I was sent for. On my arrival I 
found the above described mare struggling very hard to keep 
her hind legs under her, which she failed to do, and at last 
went down. She was in very great pain. I gave her the usual 
treatment, such as hot packs, drawing urine, and gave potassium 
iodide 3 ss, and gave it in doses as the case indicated during the 
day. The owner of this animal was a very good friend of mine, 
and I did not want to leave anything undone in the way of sav¬ 
ing the mare. I explained to him the success I had had with 
the new treatment, and as he is a man that is very well up on 
medicine he decided to let me go on with the potassium iodide 
treatment, which was a great success, and the mare made a 
good recovery from the disease, and the fourth and fifth days she 
got up and ate well and would lay down and get up as she 
wished ; was up and walked around for seven hours one day, 
but by some bad management, or rather bad advice, the mare 
was roped and slung so much the first three days that she had 
bruised her near knee so badly that suppuration took place, and 
it terminated in an open joint. So on Monday, Jan. 15th, it 
was decided best to destroy her, which was done by shooting 
her. This case was all right, and the owner is satisfied that 
had she not been slung and roped up so much the first three 
or four days that she would have lived and gotten well from 
the disease, but we as veterinarians understand how in some 
cases animals lose their lives by mistaken kindness on the part 
of over-zealous neighbors and friends. 
Case No. 10 .—I have lost my notes on this case, but I re¬ 
member that it had about all the usual azoturia symptoms, and 
I gave it the potassium iodide treatment, and it got well. 
Last September, when I was away on my vacation, I visited 
Dr. Bland and Dr. Keeley, of Waterbury. I received some 
good pointers on the above disease and treatment while visiting 
Dr. J. H. Kelly, at New Haven, Conn. He received a tele- 
