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branch of the affected vessel. From the information I can gain 
on the subject, it would seem that rarely indeed does embolism 
of the lower animals result from lung lesions. That the case to 
be described was embolism will, I think, be conceded, and that it 
resulted from the diseased lung would seem highly probable. 
On the 14th of December, 1880, a six-year-old bay trooper—• 
a recent purchase—was sent to the hospital as being “ off his 
feed.” On making a hasty examination, influenza was diagnosed, 
the temperature being 107°, the pulse rapid, soft and weak, with 
cold extremities and the mucous membranes of that bright red, 
slightly tinged with yellow, so often seen in this disease. There 
being but a slight cough and the respiration good, half-ounce 
doses of the tincture of belladonna was ordered given three times 
a day. During the next four days no important change took 
place, nor was there any improvement excepting the gradual re¬ 
duction of the temperature to 105°. The appetite was very poor. 
On the morning of the 18th the respirations were greatly increas¬ 
ed in frequency and becoming quite labored. An inspection of 
the chest revealed the lower two-thirds of the left lung in the first 
stage of pneumonia. The treatment was now changed to active 
stimulants, consisting of carbonate of ammonia, camphor and gin¬ 
ger, two drams of each three times a day. The case progressed 
from this time on to the 21st as usual, the appetite being fastidi¬ 
ous and the patient assuming the recumbent position a good part 
of the time, always lying upon the side of the diseased lung. 
During this time two two-dram doses of the sulphate of quinia 
were given to reduce the temperature, which had remained at 
105°. On the afternoon of the 21st the lung showed signs of 
clearing up and the temperature was down to 1031°. On the 
morning of the 22d the respiratory murmur was quite audible in 
a few places where the lung had been diseased, the temperature 
lowered to 102°, and the appetite quite good. 
At nine o’clock on the morning of the 23d, while making the 
daily hospital round, I remarked to the steward the rapid improve¬ 
ment of the patient, the pulse and respirations being nearly 
normal, the lung almost cleared, the temperature at 101°, and the 
animal bright and playful. At ten o’clock the steward sent word 
