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will not account for many, if any, of the reported cases of cow 
pox. 
(To be continued .) 
CASES FROM A NOTE-ROOK. 
By T. B. Rogers, D.V.S. 
CEREBRO-SPINAL MENINGITIS. 
A horse aged nineteen was affected with cerebro-spinal men¬ 
ingitis. His temperature for three days varied little from 100° 
Fall.; his bladder was evacuated by pressure with little difficulty, 
and he stood well in the slings; for three days there was almost 
complete anorexia; on the fourth the animal had some appetite 
and his general condition was improved. After eating half a 
bucketful of mash and whinneying for more, he fell as if shot and 
was let down from the slings. The heart’s action was bad and weak, 
the respiration rapid and shallow, the membrane became cyanotic ; 
there was no “ besoin do respirer; ” the flapping of the velum 
palate was quite audible, and in ten days he was dead. 
Diagnosis: sudden effusion and pressure on the respiratory and 
cardio inhibitory tracts of the medulla oblongata, probably from 
rupture of a degenerate vessel. This case is interesting as showing 
in a beautiful manner the result of the obliteration of the func¬ 
tions of these centres and the necessity of very cautious prognosis 
in animals past their prime, even when everything is taking a 
normal course. 
ACUTE INDIGESTION. 
By the Same. 
A mare aged seven had an attack of acute indigestion, with 
much tympanitis; she fell on the road and was with difficulty 
got under cover; sensation was blunted from the action of car- 
