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result, the owner decided to have nothing done to him, and the 
horse was removed from the hospital and lost sight of for a num¬ 
ber of days. 
On the 10th of April he was found abandoned in the street, 
in front of a police station, and was again kindly sent to the 
hospital by Dr. Fieh,. who had received him from the police au¬ 
thorities. 
The animal was admitted late in the evening, and found the 
next morning in the following condition : 
Coat dull and staring; mucous membranes slightly injected ; 
pulse 48, soft and weak ; respiration 14 ; temperature 103° ; was 
lame on the off fore leg, which was swollen up to the elbow; the 
lymphatics both on the inside and outside of the leg swollen ; on 
the inside, in three or four places, are chancroid-like ulcerations, 
from which a sanious discharge flows on pressure. The lym¬ 
phatics of the off hind leg are swollen, with here and there small 
eruptions on the skin. Those of the near hind leg are also 
swollen and nodulated. On the neck and abdomen the lymphatic 
glands are more or less engorged. 
The discharge from the abscess on the inside of the near 
hind leg is the same as when last seen. A rectal examination 
showed the same condition of the tumor as before. Appetite 
good. All the functions normal. 
April 12th : Pulse 60, respiration 30, temperature 102° ; about 
same conditions, with a slight discharge from the left nostril. 
The off hock was enormously swollen. 
April 13th : Temperature slightly raised; otherwise in about 
the same condition. On the left side of the thorax, subcrepitant 
rales were found, with diminution of respiratory murmur on the 
lower part of the left lung, and slight dullness on percussion. 
There were a few drops of blood around the nostrils. 
April 14th : Maxillary glands are swollen ; ulcerations on the 
left side of the septum nasi. The horse was destroyed. 
Post mortem .—The horse was placed on his back, and an in¬ 
cision made on the median line, the abdomen and thorax being 
both opened. 
The intestines were in a normal condition. The internal 
