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the ear a strong tubular breathing ; on the right side, principally 
over the upper portion, it was of a sonorous character; expirium 
warm and dry. 
Dec. 6th. Pulse 68, small; respiration 44 ; temperature 1021. 
In order to test his pulmonary capacity, I had him led about one 
hundred yards, but owing to the alarming dyspnoea it produced 
I was obliged to have him sent back to the stable; the dyspnoea 
however very soon subsided without any medical interference. 
Dec. 8th. Pulse 68; respiration 40; temperature 102J. Sonorous 
and sibilant rales were still heard at different portions of the 
lungs; Schneiderian membrane not quite so florid; nasal dis¬ 
charge albuminoid and beaded; cough stronger, but painful. 
Dec. 10th. Pulse 73; respiration 22; temperture 103. Notwith¬ 
standing the patient partook of a fifteen minutes’ exercise shortly 
before the examination, I found the respiratory acts decidedly 
diminished. The interchange of air within the lungs gave rise to 
a variety of murmurs that were not easily distinguished from on e 
another. 
From December 13tli until the 29th (one month after the oc¬ 
curence of the fire) continuous improvement of the pathological 
phenomena could be observed on each successive visit: his appe¬ 
tite increased, lay down regularly, when exercised looked quite 
cheerful: pulse reduced to 54; temperature lOp; but the 
labored audible respirations, numbering twenty-four per minute 
with a dry, forcible cough and the augmented action of the nos¬ 
trils and abdominal muscles was still in progress, indicating an 
emphysematous oppression of the lungs, which did not appear 
very favorable for a radical cure. 
The owner, who considered the condition of the horses good 
enough to trust the balance to physiatrice, remarked, that he 
would report to me if the horses should not continue to do 
well. 
As unusual as the cases appeared to me, their nature, in my 
estimation, did not require any other treatment than what would 
be indicated in an ordinary case of bronchial and pulmonary 
trouble. 
Treatment: For the first three days I administered the fol- 
