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CASE No. XXII.—BROWN,
COUNTRY-BRED PONY, aged, in fair
condition,
and healthy.
29th May 1891.—Inoculated subcutaneously over the Right shoulder with 1 c.c. of
blood taken from the Jugular Vein of horse No. XXI, at 10 A.M. The inoculated blood
contained very numerous hæmatozoa. Temp. A.M. 38.4°C, P.M. 38.5°C.
30th.—Temp. A.M. 37.1°0, P.M. 37.8°C. No hæmatozoa observed in the blood.
31st.—Temp. A.M. 37.1°C, P.M.38.4°C. There is a raised circular swelling at the seat
of the inoculation 1 ½" in diameter which involves the skin only, as it can be lifted up from
the subcutaneous tissue. No hæmatozoa observed in the blood.
1st June.—Temp. A.M. 38°C, P.M. 38.3°C. The swelling at the seat of inoculation is
larger than yesterday. There is an ulcer the size of a two-anna piece situated on a raised
base, at the margin of the right nostril. The surface of the ulcer is yellow in colour. No
hæmatozoa observed in the blood.
2nd.— Temp. A.M. 37.6°C. P.M. 38.5°C. The swelling at the seat of inoculation is less
tender to the touch ; it is still free from adhesions. The ulcer in the right nostril is smaller
in size, capillary vessels are observed in some numbers running from the circumference of
the base, to the edge of the ulcer, the surface of which latter is covered with yellow coloured
pus. Hæmatozoa few in the blood.
3rd.—Temp. A.M. 37.5°C, P.M. 39.4°C. Hæmatozoa very numerous in the blood.
4th.—Temp. A.M. 39°C, P.M. 39.3°C. The swelling at the seat of inoculation is becom-
ing rapidly reduced in size and is losing its tenderness. Hæmatozoa very numerous in
the blood.
5th.—Temp. 8 A.M. 40.1°C,11 A.M. 40.9°C. Hæmatozoa swarming in the blood. Temp.,
at 1.50 P.M. 41.1°C. Injected 3 grains of Antipyrin into the subcutaneous tissue of
the neck. At 2 P.M. temp. 41°C, at 3 P.M. 40.8°C, at 4.30 P.M. 40.7°C. The animal
was given 4 grammes of Antipyrin at 5 P.M. ; temp. 40.8°C at 6 P.M. ; temp. 40.7°C at
8 P.M. The animal's appetite is good.
6th.—Temp. A.M. 40.2°C, P.M. 39.8°C. Hæmatozoa swarming in the blood. At the
point of injection of the Antipyrin solution there is a tumor due to a collection of the
jelly-like exudation observed in all Surra cases.
7th.
8th.
9th.
10th.
11th.
—Temp. A.M. 39.4°C, P.M. 39.9°C.
—Temp. A.M. 39.8°C, P.M. 40.6°C.
—Temp. A.M. 40.3°C, P.M. 40.8°C.
—Temp. A.M. 39.7°C, P.M. 40°C.
—Temp. A.M. 39.6°C, P.M. 39.9°C
Hæmatozoa numerous in the blood.
Hæmatozoa few in the blood.
No hæmatozoa observed in the blood.
Hæmatozoa few in the blood.
Hæmatozoa numerous in the blood.
12th.— Temp. A.M. 37.7°C, P.M. 39.5°C. Hæmatozoa few in the blood. This morning
there is an eruption Urticarial in character, scattered over the neck, shoulders and chest,
also a few patches over the abdomen. Each individual patch consists of an elevation of
the skin, caused by the deposit of a varying quantity of a yellow coloured jelly-like exuda-
tion in the subcutaneous tissue. For the most part these elevations are circular, others
oval in form and irregular in size.
13th.—Temp. A.M. 38.8°C, P.M. 39.9°C. Hæmatozoa numerous in the blood.
14th.— Temp. A.M. 39.4°C, P.M. 38.9°C. Hæmatozoa very numerous in the blood.
There is some œdema under the abdomen. A slight amount of hæmorrhage took place
at 11 A.M. from the small ulcer in the nostril ; about 30 drops of the blood were collected
and administered in water to horse No. XX.
15th.— Temp, A.M. 38.2°C, P.M. 39.3°C. Hæmatozoa very numerous in the blood.
16th.—Temp. A.M. 39.1°C, P.M. 39.4°C. Hæmatozoa very numerous in the blood.
During the night slight haemorrhage again occurred from the ulcer in the right nostril.
17th.— Temp. A.M. 39.5°C, P.M. 39.1°C. The appetite is poor. Hæmatozoa very
numerous in the blood.
18th.
19th.
20th.
—Temp. A.M.
—Temp. A.M.
—Temp. A.M.
38.2°C, P.M.
39.l°C, P.M.
39.4°C, P.M.
39.5°C.
39.6°C.
38.6°C.
Hæmatozoa very numerous in the blood.
Hæmatozoa very numerous in the blood.
Hæmatozoa very numerous in the blood.
21st.—Temp. A.M. 37°C, P.M. 36.l°C. The animal is much weaker this morning and
the appetite is poor. Hæmatozoa very numerous in the blood. There is slight opacity of
the right cornea noticed for the first time this morning. Also large ecchymoses under the
conjunctiva lying on the sclerotic coat and bordering on the upper and inner edge of the
cornea. There is no oedema of the abdomen, but the limbs are swollen and œdematous.
The sphincter ani is paralysed.