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tomatic appearances in all three patients were quite analagons 
daring their course, they differed somewhat in intensity and pecu¬ 
liarity, which compels me to quote each case in a brief manner 
separately. 
Tom, horse, was about 9 years old, rather plethoric. On the 
first day pulse 70 ; respiration numbering 40 per minute, of a 
noisy character; temperature 102-°; expirium damp and warm; 
conjunctiva congested ; Schneiderian membrane of a scarlet hue; 
discharge from the nostrils yellowish, clotty and foamy ; the 
mouth filled with a viscid saliva; peripheric temperature, par¬ 
ticularly that of the extremities, lowered. I will here state, 
that percussion, throughout the whole course of the disease, in all 
three patients, appeared less remarkable than in the usual pulmo¬ 
nary difficulties, though the general alteration tended toward an 
exaggerated vesicular resonance. Auscultation revealed the 
presence of sibilant and sonorous rales. The movement of the 
nostrils and abdominal muscles were of the greatest intensity. 
29th.—Pulse, 66 ; respiration, 34 ; temperature, 101J°; phy¬ 
sical signs not quite so distinct; the passage of air through the 
nostrils not near as audible as on the 28th; Schneiderian mem¬ 
brane less injected ; epithelium around the margin of the nos¬ 
trils began to peel off; expirium cooler ; appetite delicate; desire 
for water limited. Considerable debility was already displayed. 
30th.—Pulse, 66 ; respiration, 28 ; temperature, IOI5 0 ; the 
audible respiration subsided to some extent; the discharge turned 
white and grew less ; Schneiderian membrane not quite so florid ; 
desire for food and water very moderate. 
Dec. 1st.—Pulse, 60; respiration, 24, emphysematic and 
slightly audible; temperature, 102P ; the dilation of the nostrils 
and the elevation and the dropping of the flanks became more 
noticeable as the laryngeal symptoms subsided ; nasal discharge 
assumed more of a catarrhal aspect; cough rough, with evidence 
of pain. On auscultation, the respiratory murmur over the 
upper half of the lungs was of a sibilant and sonorous type, the 
lower portion disclosing a bronclio-vesicular breathing. Appetite 
improved ; the gait became more firm, and he lay down at 
night. 
