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J. MYERS, JR. 
These pathognomonic symptoms appeared more or less marked 
until about the 8th or 9th of December, when the functions of 
the general system became more normal, so that by the 15th I 
was able to discharge him. 
Dick, horse, 15 years old. Nov. 28th.—Pulse, 80; respira¬ 
tion, 40; temperature 104J°; air passed through the nose quite 
forcibly; Schneiderian membrane of a scarlet hue; a white, 
foamy discharge escaped from nose and mouth; auscultation re¬ 
vealed the presence of sibilant and sonorous rales; cough very 
painful and of a high pitch ; the active flank movement and dis¬ 
tension of the alee of the nose were extraordinary; conjunctiva 
injected. 
Nov. 29th.—Pulse, 60; respiration, 40, emphysematic; tem¬ 
perature 102°; refused all nourishment; no discharge from either 
mouth or nose; fecal matter dry and coated with mucus. 
Dec. 1st.—The laborious breathing, dilated nostrils and elevated 
head, would make it appear as though a severe case of pulmonary 
emphysema was before the observer, but the highly inflamed 
Schneiderian membrane, accelerated pulse, numbering 70, loss of 
appetite, hoarse cough, broncho-vesicular breathing about the 
superior portion of the lungs and mucous rales at the lower por¬ 
tions, would not substantiate such a diagnosis. 
Prom this patient I removed three pints of blood from the 
jugular vein, which was strongly impregnated with the odor of 
smoke, and charged with considerable carbonaceous material. 
Dec. 3d.—Pulse, 70; respiration, 20, of a like character as on 
the 1st; temperature, 101°. A walk of one hundred yards was 
all he could accomplish, for want of breathing capacity. A con¬ 
siderable quantity of purulent mucus could be found about the 
manger and the fore part of the stall. 
Dec. 5th.—Pulse, 68 ; respiration, 17; temperature, 101°. 
During inspiration, the left lung conveyed a moist bronchial rale, 
and on expiration, a sonorous rale would be discovered. Cough 
at times was very harsh, and at other occasions suppressed; 
extremities nearly always cold; appetite insignificant; feces 
costive. 
Dec. 8th.—Pulse, 60; respiration, 10; temperature, 102°; 
