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95g F.; in the present endemic, one of the worst cases had a tempera¬ 
ture of only 97 F., when I last took it, about ten hours before death; 
this case was about four days old at the time, and the temperature 
had not been any time more than one degree above the normal. 
Some physicians even on an experience of several cases give a high 
temperature to this disease ; but I have had experience of several 
cases in the human subject, and many hundreds in the equine race, 
and neither in one nor the 'other, saw a high temperature if the disease 
was cerebro-spinal-meningitis “ uncomplicated If complicated with 
some other disease, or there is an intercurrent disease that usually has 
a high temperature, we may have a temperature higher than is usually 
found in cerebro-spinal-meningitis, but lower than belongs to the 
disease complicating the cerebro-spinal-meningitis, viz.: In one case 
in the late outbreak there was one case doing well, relapsed and had 
as an intercurrent affection, double Pneumonia and Bronchitis; now to 
Pneumonia (acute) we usually have a temperature 104 to 5 to start 
with, in Bronchitis I Of to 6, but in this complicated case we had a 
temperature of 1021^ F. 
Another case of Cerebro-Spinal-Meningitis with temperature of 
101 for some days was complicated with Influenza with Bronchitis as 
local manifestation, the temperature rose to 105. On my first visit to 
the stables, I found one or two cases with a temperature of 105. 
I unhesitatingly pronounced them cases of Influenza, not Cerebro- 
Spinal-Meningitis, and modified their treatment to what was adopted 
in the other cases, and with good results. 
After this long opening, I will give you a short history of the 
present outbreak, treatment, cause, result, etc., as far as known at 
present. On Wednesday, February 28th, several deaths occurred in 
the Green and Gates Avenue Car Stables, more deaths occurred on 
Thursday and Friday, how many I could not find out accurately, as 
different accounts were given. Friday afternoon, 3 o’clock, I was 
summoned, and found, I believe about forty cases attacked, nearly all 
in slings and sorry looking objects. I informed the President of the 
road, a well informed and very intelligent gentleman, what the disease 
was, that the cause was local, to get all of the well horses (or those not 
showing signs of disease, though no doubt as result proved, most had 
the poison in their system) out of the stable, either in circus tents or 
otherwise, and to lay up as many as lie could, as I proposed putting 
“all” in the stable, about two hundred and forty (240) under treatment, 
to prevent more cases if possible or render them milder for success in 
treatment. I was requested to do the best 1 could under existing con¬ 
dition. Animals not to be moved, and still kept at work until reported 
sick, conditions anything but encouraging. But I accepted the con¬ 
ditions and went to work. I found the animals already attacked, 
