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H. F. JAMES. 
SALICYLIC ACID. 
By H. F. James, Y.S. 
\ 
Was called on January 7th to see a brown horse ten years old, 
said to be very stiff and unfit for work in consequence; had been 
laid up for two weeks to see if rest would benefit, but grew 
worse every day. Owner had lately paid $250 for him, and 
looked on him in his present state as almost valueless. Temper¬ 
ature, 101°; pulse, 75 and intermittent; gait so tied up that he 
could only step about six inches, and turned with great difficulty ; 
no swelling of any of the articulations. Foeces slimy and hard; 
urine scanty, and poor appetite. 
Diagnosis. —Sub-acute rheumatism. Prognosis. —Cautious. 
Treatment .—Blanketed warmly ; bandages to legs; nitrate of 
potash freely in drinking water; scalded oats and bean-mash, and 
a handful of clean timothy three times a day. From January 7th 
to the 12th, gave half-ounce doses of salicylic acid three times a 
day, giving a dose of purgative medicine on the 13th, which 
operated freely. I now reduced the salicycle acid to half-an-ounce 
daily until the 26th, when another good purge was given, and his 
recovery was complete. Flis appetite returned after three or four 
days of the treatment, and you could almost see him mend. 
Tried to obviate stomach derangement as far as possible by care¬ 
ful dieting and the combination of the acid with gentian in bolus. 
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SPORADIC PNEUMONIA AND CON¬ 
TAGIOUS PLEURO-PNEUMONIA OF CATTLE. 
By Messrs. Coulon and Olivier.* 
HISTORY. 
The existence of sporadic pneumonia of cattle is a question 
that remains still unsettled, notwithstanding the numerous dis¬ 
cussions it has given rise to. 
The most different and contradictory opinions have been given. 
♦Translated from the Memoires de la Soci€t6 Centrale de Medecine Veterin- 
aire of Paris. 
