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Date.
1896.
January 23...
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February 1...
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Hay.
Lbs.
6
14.5
10 0
9.5
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16
7
13
8
7
11
9.5
9
6
8
12
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6
13.5
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Lucerne.
Lbs.
10
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Gram.
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Barley.
6
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Bran.
Lbs.
3
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Linseed. 1
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Rise.
Lbs.
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Remarks.
Date.
1885.
February
March
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Hay.
Lbs.
10.5
10
7
5.5
10.5
7.5
10.5
14.0
11
9
11
11
12.5
10.5
8
9
9
16
17
10
13
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10
Lucerne.
Lbs.
10
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Barley.
Lbs.
6
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Bran.
Lbs.
3
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3
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Animal, c ured a
Linseed.
Lbs.
1.5
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Rice.
Lbs.
1
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Remarks.
Carrots
6 lbs
6 „
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9 „
9 „
9 „
3 „
Bombay,
Remarks.
This animal was purchased on the 16th July, and Surra was diagnosed on the 23rd. November 1894; there is
therefore no doubt but that the disease was contracted in Bombay.
Treatment with Arsenic was commenced on the twenty-first day of the disease, just at the termination of an inter-
mission, probably the second.
The hæmatozoon was present in the blood whilst under observation from, the 22nd to 25th day of the disease, but
after the latter day did not recur; but two days later an urticarial eruption involving the under-surface of the
abdomen and thighs appeared and persisted for 24 hours. In all 455 grains of Arsenic were administered in. sixty-three
(63) days, after which Sodium Iodide in two-drachm doses was continued twice daily for seventy-two hours.
The animal made an uninterrupted recovery, and was returned to the Bombay Mounted Police for duty on March
9th, cured. A letter received subsequently from the Commissioner of Police, Bombay, dated June 28th, 1895,. stated that
„ the horse sent back from Poona on 10th March last is at present in good condition. „ Again in a letter, dated Police
Commissioner's Office, Bombay, 1st February 1896, „ the Police horse No. 86 is still alive, and is in good health and
condition.„
It is here worthy of mention that this horse is the first animal on record, which has been cured of naturally con-
tracted Surra.
HORSE No. CXVI.
Grey Australian Gelding, aged I 1 years, belonging to the Bombay Tramway Company (No. 388), was purchased on
the 28th January 1889. The animal was admitted into the Infirmary with fever on the 17th October 1894, but the
Surra hæmatozoon was not discovered until 29th November.
December 1st, 9 A.M.—The horse arrived at the Laboratory Hospital, Poona.
State on admission.—The animal is in poor condition, the ribs are visible. The visible mucous membranes present
a slight yellow tinge. There are two bright-red petechias on the conjunctival membranes of the left, but they are
absent from the right eye. The pulse is weak and thready.. There is a small but hard swelling denuded of hair on
the off hind limb midway between the patella and the hock ; it is not tender on manipulation. There is some swelling
and oedema of the scrotum and sheath, which runs forward along the under-surface of the abdomen for a distance of
fifteen inches, and the fetlocks are the seat of oedema, but they are not tender to the touch. A small melanotic tumour,
one inch in diameter, is situated on the anterior aspect of the prepuce. The appetite is poor on account of the sharpness
of the teeth, which do not meet. There are numerous small ulcers on the buccal mucous membrane. The dung
contains undigested corn, and its odour is very offensive. Temperature 38.5° C, P. 44, R. 36. The hæmatozoon is absent
from the blood.
Month and Date.
1894.
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Temperature °C.
A.M.
38.5
38.5
37.4
37 7
37.8
37.8
37.6
1 P.M.
38.4
38.8
38.1
37.8
37.7
38.1
37.6
5 P.M.
38.5
40.0
38.8
38.3
38.7
38.0
38.6
Pulse.
A.M.
44
52
48
44
44
40
40
P.M.
60
60
52
48
48
48
48
Respiration.
A.M.
36
20
12
16
12
12
12
P.M.
24
16
20
14
12
8
12
Hæmatozoa
in blood.
Absent
Few
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Medicine
Arsenic
(grains.)
A.M.
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REMARKS.
P.M.
v
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vi
Conjunctivæ yellow and petcchiated.
Conjunctivæ yellow. Slight œdema of
sheath and beneath abdomen.
Condition unchanged.
Conjunctivæ pale yellow. Sulphate of
Iron, one drachm administered.
Conjunctivæ pale yellow. Sulphate of
Iron ono drachm, morning and evening.
Conjunctivæ pale, no petechiæ; swelling
and œdema of fetlocks. Sulphate of iron
one drachm morning and evening.
Do,
do.