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Oct. 31.—Temperature, 102°; pulse, 50. Is weak, but mani¬ 
fests no pain. Functions normal. Was given alcoholic stimu¬ 
lants throughout the day, with a small amount of soft feed, which 
he ate readily. Towards evening the temperature rose to 103°. 
Nov. 1.—Temperature, 101°; pulse, 15. Was sent home 
with directions to feed lightly, and not to work till the following 
Monday (Nov. 5th), which was done, and at 1 o’clock Monday 
afternoon the animal was brought back, with the history that lie 
had been put to work that morning, but about noon had colicky 
pains. Condition when admitted: Temperature, 101°; pulse, 
42; respiration, 24. Had emaciated greatly since first seen. 
Showed no pain during the afternoon, but stood in one position, 
with frequent regurgitations of gas. About 5 o’clock the tem¬ 
perature rose to 102° ; pulse, 50 ; respiration abdominal and spas¬ 
modic, with a well-marked to-and-fro movement of the anus. 
Nov. 6.—Temperature, 1011 °; pulse, 36; respiration, still 
accelerated, but not as forcible. Eats and drinks well. 
Nov. 7.—Was exercised for an hour with no disturbance of 
functions, which had become normal. 
Nov. 8.—Discharged. 
P. S.—Since writing the above I have inquired as to the pres¬ 
ent condition of both animals. The first animal has been per¬ 
forming its usual work without interruption up to the present 
time. The second was put to work, but in a short time suffered 
from an attack of pneumonia, from which lie recovered, and is 
now performing his daily work. 
In the course of the discussion which followed, several cases 
were reported in which vomition had occurred, and recovery 
ensued. 
Dr. L. MacLean raised the question, “ Could vomition occur 
by the way of the mouth ?” to which the essayist answered in the 
affirmative. 
Dr. Liautard considered that, while recoveries after vomition 
were among the rare exceptions, veterinarians were never justi¬ 
fied in positively prognosing death. 
