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KEFOKTS OF OASES. 
When asked by her owner the cause of the lameness, I replied 
that I was of the opinion that some muscular lesion had taken 
place at the moment of jumping up, but would give no positive 
diagnosis until the following morning, and recommended warm 
fomentations of the leg until my return. 
On my next visit I found my patient standing, with head ex¬ 
tended, eyes protruded, respiration 53, temperature 106 1-8, the 
body covered with excessive perspiration and making much noise 
at each inspiration. Mucous membranes cyonotic, all the joints 
swollen enormously, so much so that at each movement she was 
in danger of falling, and when touched caused her much pain. 
Diagnosis .—Acute articular rheumatism associated with laryn¬ 
gitis. 
Treatment .—To relieve the labored respiration 1 performed 
tracheotomy ; have swollen parts bathed with tr. opii, aconite and 
capsicum in the proportion of two oz. each to aqua Oi; put in 
slings; keep warm and feed milk and eggs, and give linseed tea 
to drink, as it was impossible to give any internal treatment in 
form of boli or electuary. I ordered potass, nitrat. §ij> three 
times a day, and blistered larynx. 
The treatment was kept up for six clays, at which time I re¬ 
moved tracheotomy tube, and gave a mild cathartic, composed of 
aloes, 3 iv, followed by two drachm doses of acid salicylic, three 
times a day for the space of a week, at the end of which time my 
patient had so far recovered as to be removed from slings and eat 
hay and oats with apparent relish. I am pleased to say two weeks 
following she was discharged, and has since been doing her usual 
work. 
E. Hanshew, Je. 
INJURY OF THE NECK FROM BEING CAST. 
By H. B. Boyd, D.Y.S. 
New Rochelle, May 24, 1881. 
I was called to a case on April 15th, at Eastchester, and on 
learning its history, found that the animal had been cast in its 
stall a night or two previous, and was found lying in a very un- 
