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The urine is of a yellowish pea-soup colour with a Sp. Gr. of 1,016; alkaline in
re-action.
There are no hæmatozoa in the blood.
On microscopical examination the urine presents a few granular casts, striated spheres,
dumb-bell (2 forms) crystals of Carbonate of Calcium.
Temp. 1 P.M. 40.5°C.
„ 5 P.M. 40.6°C. P. 52. R. 32.
27th.―The animal appears to be much weaker this morning and is very dull ; he
did not lie down during the night and has only eaten half the ration of corn and linseed
given to him. He seems afraid to move forwards, and stands with his hind quarters resting
against the wall of the stable in order to steady himself and gain support.
Temp. A.M. 40.3°C. P. 64. R. 28.
The pulse is feeble, but not intermittent.
Ordered and administered at once a draught.
R. Liq. Ammon. Acet. 3iij.
Spt. Ammon. Aromat. 3j.
Spt. Ætheris. Nit. 3ijss.
Aquam ad. Oj.
The urine is cloudy, of a yellow colour, certainly an improvement on that passed yester-
day, Sp. Gr. 1020, alkaline.
Temp. 1 P.M. 40.6°C.
The animal has eaten a little lucerne grass during the day, but his head appears to be
giving him pain.
Temp. 5 P.M. 40.4°C.
P. 68.
R. 40.
Reduced the amount of Cinchona Alkaloids to 3i—Arsenic six grains same as previously.
28th.—The animal fell to the ground several times during the night, but appears
to have regained the upright position without much difficulty ; he presents several patches
where the hair has been rubbed off. This morning he is able to stand but only with his
fore-legs stretched wide apart; there is visible weakness in the hind limbs, especially the
left, which is at times slightly flexed. There is no lachrymation, or muscular tremors,
which one might expect and the flexors are affected in the hind limb and not the extensor
muscles ; it would thus appear that the partial paralysis of the hind limbs cannot be due to
the amount of Arsenic. As these symptoms have been mentioned by other observers in the
course of the disease and in animals not undergoing any treatment, one will most likely
find, when the post-mortem takes place, that the symptoms are due to an effusion of fluid or
jelly material into the sheath of the spinal membranes in the lower dorsal and upper lumbar
region.
Temp. A.M. 39.7°C.
P. 52. R. 24.
He eats little except when the grass is literally placed in his mouth, there is loss of
sensation about the lips, but no paralysis of the buccinator muscle. There are no hæmato-
zoa in the blood. The red corpuscles form short rouleaux, and the white do not appear to
be increased in number. Several protoplasmic masses are to be seen in the two prepara-
tions of blood examined and these are about twice the diameter of a white blood corpuscle.
There are also a few colourless amæboid bodies which change their form rapidly, in close
proximity to normal white corpuscles, which during a considerable period have been ob-
served and have not been seen to alter at all in form. The Alkaloids and Arsenic have been
discontinued and a draught of—
R. Liq. Ammon Acet.3iij
Spt. Ammon Ar.3i
Spt. Ætheris Nit.3iss
Aquam ad Oj. bis. die. S.
substituted, to be administered morning and evening.
Temp. 1 P.M. 40.3°C.
P. 50.
R. 24.
During the day the animal has been fed every half hour and by this means has been
induced to eat about 15 lbs. of lucerne grass and a few pounds (2 or 3) of crushed gram
and linseed.
Temp. 5 P.M. 40.5°C.
P. 48.
R. 24.
Urine—Sp. Gr. 1,020. Is orange in colour but cloudy, alkaline, no albumen.
29th.—At 3 A.M. the Syce found the animal much weaker, so removed the slings, in
order to allow it to lie down ; it remained standing, however, until 4 A.M. Fell shortly
after 4 A.M. and death took place at 4.30.
AUTOPSY at l0.30 A.M.