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J. MYERS, .TR. 
ACUTE INFLAMMATION OF THE AIR PASSAGES 
AND PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA, 
ARISING FROM THE INHALATION OF VEGETABLE SMOKE. 
BY J. Myers, Jr., D.V.S. 
In consideration of the numerical and exhausting treatises and 
discussions of pathological processes, regarding the respiratory 
organs, found in text books and periodicals, it would almost seem 
unwarranted to infringe upon the sphere of your organ, as well 
as the time of its readers. But by reason of some marked differ¬ 
ential characteristic phenomena, which existed throughout the 
course of the following described cases, as compared with the 
ordinary class of pulmonary afflictions, I feel as though I might 
communicate some interesting circumstances by forwarding this 
report. 
Nov. 28th, 1877, at 2 p. m., I was requested to go toE. Wal¬ 
nut Hills, a suburban district, about three miles from the city, 
to render the necessary assistance toward restoring health to 
three horses, which presented symptoms of a severe pulmonary 
affliction, contracted by the inhalation of smoke that had been 
generated by the burning of a haystack stored in the basement 
of the stable. This department also served the purpose of a cow 
stable, harboring three head of cattle, which had been suffocated 
by the inhalation of said smoke. 
On my arrival, I found the three equij&e-patients in a good 
hygienic condition, quartered in a well adapted architectural 
structure, which was very strongly impregnated with the disa¬ 
greeable odor of burnt hay. The horses presented a very anxious 
upheaded appearance, audible respiration, their mouths tilled with 
a foamy saliva and a thin yellowish discharge from the nostrils, 
with a frequent rough dry cough, very characteristic of the inau¬ 
guration scene of the epizootic influenza. Although the symp- 
