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The peritoneal cavity is free from, fluid.
Liver.—Weighs 13 lbs. 14 ozs. Glisson's capsule is somewhat thickened and opaque in patches, and there area few
calcareous beads dotted over the surface of the organ. On section the large vessels are found to contain much blood, but
the tissue on examination appears to be normal.
Spleen.—"Weighs 1 lb. 13½ ozs., firm on section, and contains little or no blood.
Kidneys.—Right weighs 1 lb. 7 ozs., left weighs 1 lb. 5¾ ozs. The capsules are easily separated, surface smooth ;
the superficial veins are rather distended with blood, but there are no petechiæ visible. On section the cortical portion
of both organs presents a vertical striation, dark red in colour, alternating with a dull white. The medullary substance
is pale.
Stomach.—The organ is somewhat contracted. The cuticular portion is healthy in appearance. There is a small
Spiroptera tumour, an iuch in diameter, occupying a portion midway between the cuticular limit and the pylorus ; other-
wise the mucous membrane of the villous portion is healthy in appearance.
Intestines.—The mucous membranes of the small and large intestines present a normal appearance.
Bladder.—Healthy.
HORSE No. CXIX.
Chestnut Herati Gelding, aged 8 years, belonging to the Bombay Tramway Company (No. 822), was bought on the
21st January 1891, and has hardly ever been in the hospital. Has been working as a helping horse on the Carnac
Bridge. It was admitted into the Infirmary with fever on the 3rd December 1894 and the hæmatozoon of Surra was
discovered on the 4th.
December 6th, 1894, 9 a.m.—The horse arrived at the Laboratory Hospital, Poona.
State on admission.—The animal appears to be in excellent condition, but presents a dull, stupid look. The. visible
mucous membranes are bright yellow in colour and are injected, both conjunctival membranes being petechiated.
The skin is hot. Temp. 40.5° C. There is some eruption (urticaria) on the hind quarters and extremities, move especially
in front of the hocks. There is also slight swelling and oedema of the fetlocks, but there is no tenderness on manipula-
tion. The pulse is frequent and thready in character, 60. The respirations somewhat increased in number, 20. The
hæmatozoa are very numerous in the blood. The red corpuscles form healthy rouleaux, 7,400,000; white, 10,000 in 1
c.mm., or a ratio of 1 to 740. The appetite is poor. The fæces present a natural appearance.
Month and Date.
1894.
December
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Temperature° C.
A.M.
40.5
40.8
38.1
37.7
37.3
37.8
37.7
37.6
37.7
37.5
37.8
37.7
38.1
38.2
38.1
38.2
38.0
37.8
37.7
37.7
37.4
37.4
37.6
37.4
37.4
37.4
1 P.M.
40.6
41.3
89.0
38.4
38.3
38.3
38.7
5 P.M.
40.6
40
38.4
38.4
38.5
38.2
38.4
38.4
38.3
38.0
38.2
38.2
38.1
38.1
38.5
38.4
38.5
Pulse.
A.M.
60
56
52
44
44
44
48
52
48
48
48
44
38.5
38.6
38.8
39.2
38.5
38.4
38.1
37.8
38.1
37.6
37.7
38.1
38.1
38.7
38.7
39.3
39.1
38.5
38.5
38.5
38.0
38.1
38.2
38.3
38.6
38.3
38.3
38.3
48
44
48
52
52
52
48
56
44
40
48
44
44
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P.M.
56
60
52
48
48
52
56
56
52
56
60
52
56
60
64
60
68
64
60
48
44
44
52
48
52
48
Respiration.
A .M.
20
20
16
16
8
20
12
16
12
12
12
16
12
12
20
24
28
24
24
16
12
16
12
16
12
12
P.M.
20
24
20
20
24
16
24
32
28
40
28
32
40
44
48
64
60
48
64
20
36
28
36
32
28
40
Hæmatozoa
in Blood,
Very nu-
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Absent
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Medicine
Arsenic
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vi
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vi
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vii
vii
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vii
vii
vii
vi
vi
iv
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iv
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v
vi
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P.M.
v
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vi
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vii
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vii
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iv
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vii
REMARKS.
Conjunctivæ orange and petechiated.
Appetite poor.
Do.
do. Corn and bran
refused.
Do.
do. Animal
losing
flesh. All four
limbs full.
Condition unchanged.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Conjunctivæ orange injected.
Do.
Do.
4 lbs. gram taken.
Right conjunctiva clear, left, orange
6 lbs. gram taken.
Right conjunctiva
injected, left,
clearer; 6 lbs. gram taken.
Conjunctivæ injected.
Conjunctivæ orange and much injected.
Animal dull, refuses food.
Conjunctiva) orange and much injected,
slight cough.
Do.
do.
Do.
do.
Do.
do.
Conjunctivæ yellow. Sheath and hind
limbs swollen. Corn taken more readily.
Conjunctivæ clear; oedema extending
beneath abdomen. Corn taken more
readily.
Conjunctivæ clear; oedema increased.
Corn taken more readily.
Conjunctivæ clear; œdema increased to
6 inches from chest. Corn taken more
readily.
Conjunctivæ clear; oedema unchanged,
Do.
but injected; oedema in
Do.
near hind fetlock swollen.
Do