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Month and Date.
1894.
December 24..
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27...
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30...
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1895.
January 1...
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5 ...
6..
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15..
Temperature °C.
A.M.
38.2
38.3
38.5
38.7
38.6
39.5
39.1
38.7
39.1
38.7
38.6
38.3
38.1
38.1
38.4
38.6
38.6
38.5
. 38.9
39.0
39.3
39.5
41.4
1 P.M.
38.8
38 6
38.6
39.3
39.5
40.1
39.6
39.8
39.5
39.6
39.0
38.5
38.6
38'3
39.1
39.3
38.9
38.7
38..8
39.1
39.4
39.7
5 P.M.
39.0
39.0
39.0
39.3
39.8
40.2
40.1
40.3
39.4
39.3
38..8
38.5
38.6
38.4
390
39.0
38.5
38.8
38.8
400
396
39.0
Pulse.
A.M.
40
44
40
40
36
40
32
34
40
36
36
36
36
40
36
44
52
44
48
42
58
72
P.M.
52
44
40
40
40
44
40
48
36
36
40
36
44
52
48
60
48
46
48
48
52
80
Deathat 12-45 P. M.
Respiration.
A.M.
24
16
16
12
12
12
12
12
20
20
12
16
12
20
16
52
32
16
15
48
44
21
112
P.M.
48
52
24
28
20
32
24
20
28
20
16
16
32
38
32
44
52
32
20
64
42
48
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Hæmatozoa
in Blood.
Absent.
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Medicine.
Arsenic.
(Grains.)
A.M.
...
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iii
v
v
vi
vi
vi
vi
vi
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P.M.
...
iii
iv
v
v
vi
vi
vi
vi
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Sulphate
of Iron.
Drachms.
A.M.
i
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P.M.
i
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REMARKS.
Right conjunctiva clear, left,
slightly petechiated, abscess on
the neck increased.
Do.
do.
Right conjunctiva pale, left,
yellow. The abscess on the
neck burst, and some pus
exuded.
Conjunctivæ yellow, no pete
chiæ.
Right conjunctiva yellow and
petechiated, left, unchanged.
Right conjunctiva petechiated,
left, clear.
Conjunctivæ clear, nostrils clean.
Conjunctivæ injected, no pete
chiæ.
Do.
do.
Do.
do.
Do.
do.
Conjunctivas slightly iniected,
no petechias.
Conjunctivæ slightly in, ^cted
and weakness in hind quarters.
General condition unchanged
Do.
do.
Do.
do.
Animal sweating; aloes admi
nistered.
Conjunctivæ much injected.
Do.
do.
Do.
do.
Do.
do.
Autopsy. 15th January 1895.—The examination took place at once. The body is well nourished.
Thorax.—There is no fluid in the pleural cavities, or adhesions of the pleuræ.
Lungs.—Right presents nothing abnormal, left the seat of hypostatic congestion.
The pericardial sac contains a small quantity of an amber-coloured fluid.
Heart enlarged and weighs 6 lbs. 12 ozs. The external surface of the organ is free from petechiæ. On section, the
right auricle and ventricle contain fluid blood. The inner cusp of the mitral valve presents a dark subendocaidial
extravasation, the size of a two-anna piece. The left auricle and ventricle are nearly empty; the latter is contracted,
the calumnas carnse are injected, mottled and a few petechias are dotted over their bases.
The abdominal cavity is free from fluid.
Liver is enlarged, weighs 17 lbs. The surface of the organ presents signs of old perihepatitis. The individual.
lobules are well marked, the centres being dark, while the external zone is of a light colour. On section a considerable
quantity of blood exudes from the cut ends of the vessels.
Spleen weighs 3 lbs. 8 ozs., nearly twice the normal weight. There are numerous sub-capsular petechias. On section
the tissues are dark in colour, but tolerably firm in consistency.
Kidneys-Tho right weighs 2 lbs. 3½ ozs; the left 2 lbs. 5⅓ ozs. The capsule strips easily, but the organs are
deeply congested, on section the pyramidal tubes are deeply injected, and the Malpighian corpuscles are deep red in
colour and clearly defined.
Stomach.—Healthy.
Large and small intestines present a healthy appearance.
Bladder.—Do.
HORSE No. CX.
Bay Entire Horse, Persian, age 9 years, belonging to the Bombay Mounted Police No. 27 was purchased on
the 24th September 1894, and kept in Mr. Omer Jumal's stable up to September 30th. The animal was then removed
to a stable at Mount Road, Bombay, where it remained until the 24th October 1S94. On the latter date it was picketted
on the grounds adjoining the Police Lines from the 18th to 19th October. On the 20th October the animal was first
observed to be ailing. During the above period the rations given were eight measures of ground gram
of bran, thirty-five lbs. of green grass from the 1st to the 21st of October, when dry grass was substituted.
November 5th, 7 A.M.—The animal reached the Laboratory Hospital.