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of the chest; his temperature was 104°; pulse 72 ; respiration 
30 ; directions were given to restrict his diet to oats, carrots, 
apples, etc. Upon the following day the thermometer registered 
105^°; pulse same as the day before ; respiration less ; prescribed 
3 ii quinine at once, and another 3 ii at night, it being about 
noontime when he received the first. On the 30th his tempera¬ 
ture had fallen to 104J°; 3 ii quinine was then ordered every six 
hours. On the 31st, his temperature was found to be 103°. On 
that day the quinine was stopped, the animal doing well otherwise 
as could be expected. On the 2d of January his temperature 
had risen to 104^°, and quinine was again administered every six 
hours, until three balls of 3 ii each, had been given, when the 
temperature went down to 101°, and remained, the animal making 
a good recovery. 
Case No. 2.—A sorrel gelding used for road purposes, had 
pneumonia of the left lung, with a temperature of 105° ; quinine 
in 3 ii doses every twelve hours, and ammonia carbonate. On 
the third day after the horse was first seen the temperature 
was lowered to 102°; quinine was then stopped, the temperature 
never going up until after the lungs had entirely cleared up, when 
his temperature rose to 103°, and he was found to have rheu¬ 
matic synovitis of one front leg. 
Case No. 3.—On the 6th of January a large chestnut gelding 
admitted to the hospital. This horse was used for saddle pur¬ 
poses. Diagnosis, pneumonia of the right lung. Temperature, 
105°; pulse, 60; respiration, 32; treatment, ammonia carbonate, 
and oil silk jacket to chest. On the evening of his admittance, 
he was given quinine 3 ii> repeated in the night at 11 o’clock, and 
again on the following morning, when his temperature was down 
to 104°. He was given two more doses of quinine, at intervals of 
twelve hours. When his temperature had gone down to 103°, the 
quinine was stopped. It rose to 103the following day after stop¬ 
ping the quinine, but never went higher. 
Case No. 4.—On New Year’s day I was called to see a 
saddle horse, the history of the case being as follows: During 
the first part of the preceding month he was affected with stran¬ 
gles , a large swelling of the parotid region. Poultices were ap- 
