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Spasmodic “ Roaring.”
Spasmod/c "Roarz"llg."
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fo und to coagulate on being heated, or on the addition of nitric acid. The Fallopian tube was very much enlarged, and contained a fluid resembling ichorous pus. The walls of th e uterus were thickened, and over its mucous surface patches of infla mmation were obvious. I should have ment ioned that the mare was twelve y ears old, and in good condition. I was unable to ascertain if she had ever been pregnant; but judging from the appearance of the mammary gland, it would appear that she had, at some time or other, given birth to a foal. Ovarian dropsy is by no means uncommon in the human subject; and the operations of ovariotomy and puncturing have frequently b ee n performed with success. The fatality following such operations is, I believe, about 75 per cent.
SPASMODIC" ROARING." By T. D. BROAD, M.R.C.v.S., BATH.
I N January, 1872, a gentleman of this neighbou rhood sold a four-year-old off chestnut gelding, believing it to be sound, the horse having been hunted up to the time of sale. On the day of purchase it was taken to Brighton; being very wet, the groom thought the horse had taken cold, as he found, when exercising it a few days after arrival, that it made a noise. It was then shown to Mr. Mannington, veterinary surgeon, who gave an opinion that the horse was a "roarer," but that the sound was of an unusual and spasmodic character. Some correspondence took place, and I was sent to Brighton to examine the horse. After doing so, I quite corroborated Mr. Mannington's opinion, as the " roaring" varied so much in the course of a trial as sometimes to be scarcely p erceptible, while at other times it was excessive. After my return to Bath the matter was settled by my dien refunding a part of the purchase-money. The horse was then placed under the care and treatment of Mr. Mannington, and I ascertained from him that it was put into a loose box littered with sawdust; that laxative medicine was given, a long seton
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inserted in the submaxillary space, a blister applied from ear to ear, and repeated as often as possible; that, subsequently, h e gave it small doses of ca lomel and opium daily, until the gums became reddened, when another laxative was administered. After a few days the calomel and opium were repeated, the seton being allowed to remain in the neck for five weeks. The horse was th en exercised, and it was found that it still made a littl e noise. By a modification of the same course of treatment, and liberal feeding, with exercise, the " roaring" entirely ceased. Som e little time after leaving Mr. Mannington's hospital, the owner broug ht the horse to Bath, when I had an opportunity of riding and ga lloping it up hill for a mile, but without being able to d et ec t th e slightest noise. In 1873, however, it had a second attack of the sa me spasmodic affec tion, and so severely that th e noise could be heard sometimes when the horse was only trotting slowly. But in the course of a few weeks it became nearly or quite well, without medical treatment, and was subsequently sent to London and sold for sixty pounds.
FAVUS (PORRIGO SCUTULATA) IN A MOUSE. IN a contemporary medical journal, in 1871 and 1872, we drew attention to the fact that the very disgusting and troublesome parasitic diseases of the human species, named "honeycomb ringworm," "scald-head," etc., may not unfrequently be derived indirectly from mice, which have been observed to be often affected; they transmitting the malady to cats, and these again conveying it to people. In the same journal we gave the results of the extensive observations and experiments made by Professor Saint-Cyr, of the Lyons Veterinary School, which were of the greatest interest and value with regard to the mouse-origin of the disease, and the readiness with which it could be communica ted to mankind and various species of animals. We also gave the obse'rvations of the very few writers who had uP. to that period noticed the malady in animals; and we mentioned that some years ago we 'had seen it in a very severe form amongst tame rabbits. A few weeks ago, one of the farriers of the R oyal Engineers,
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fo und to coagulate on being heated, or on the addition of nitric acid. The Fallopian tube was very much enlarged, and contained a fluid resembling ichorous pus. The walls of th e uterus were thickened, and over its mucous surface patches of infla mmation were obvious. I should have ment ioned that the mare was twelve y ears old, and in good condition. I was unable to ascertain if she had ever been pregnant; but judging from the appearance of the mammary gland, it would appear that she had, at some time or other, given birth to a foal. Ovarian dropsy is by no means uncommon in the human subject; and the operations of ovariotomy and puncturing have frequently b ee n performed with success. The fatality following such operations is, I believe, about 75 per cent.
SPASMODIC" ROARING." By T. D. BROAD, M.R.C.v.S., BATH.
I N January, 1872, a gentleman of this neighbou rhood sold a four-year-old off chestnut gelding, believing it to be sound, the horse having been hunted up to the time of sale. On the day of purchase it was taken to Brighton; being very wet, the groom thought the horse had taken cold, as he found, when exercising it a few days after arrival, that it made a noise. It was then shown to Mr. Mannington, veterinary surgeon, who gave an opinion that the horse was a "roarer," but that the sound was of an unusual and spasmodic character. Some correspondence took place, and I was sent to Brighton to examine the horse. After doing so, I quite corroborated Mr. Mannington's opinion, as the " roaring" varied so much in the course of a trial as sometimes to be scarcely p erceptible, while at other times it was excessive. After my return to Bath the matter was settled by my dien refunding a part of the purchase-money. The horse was then placed under the care and treatment of Mr. Mannington, and I ascertained from him that it was put into a loose box littered with sawdust; that laxative medicine was given, a long seton
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inserted in the submaxillary space, a blister applied from ear to ear, and repeated as often as possible; that, subsequently, h e gave it small doses of ca lomel and opium daily, until the gums became reddened, when another laxative was administered. After a few days the calomel and opium were repeated, the seton being allowed to remain in the neck for five weeks. The horse was th en exercised, and it was found that it still made a littl e noise. By a modification of the same course of treatment, and liberal feeding, with exercise, the " roaring" entirely ceased. Som e little time after leaving Mr. Mannington's hospital, the owner broug ht the horse to Bath, when I had an opportunity of riding and ga lloping it up hill for a mile, but without being able to d et ec t th e slightest noise. In 1873, however, it had a second attack of the sa me spasmodic affec tion, and so severely that th e noise could be heard sometimes when the horse was only trotting slowly. But in the course of a few weeks it became nearly or quite well, without medical treatment, and was subsequently sent to London and sold for sixty pounds.
FAVUS (PORRIGO SCUTULATA) IN A MOUSE. IN a contemporary medical journal, in 1871 and 1872, we drew attention to the fact that the very disgusting and troublesome parasitic diseases of the human species, named "honeycomb ringworm," "scald-head," etc., may not unfrequently be derived indirectly from mice, which have been observed to be often affected; they transmitting the malady to cats, and these again conveying it to people. In the same journal we gave the results of the extensive observations and experiments made by Professor Saint-Cyr, of the Lyons Veterinary School, which were of the greatest interest and value with regard to the mouse-origin of the disease, and the readiness with which it could be communica ted to mankind and various species of animals. We also gave the obse'rvations of the very few writers who had uP. to that period noticed the malady in animals; and we mentioned that some years ago we 'had seen it in a very severe form amongst tame rabbits. A few weeks ago, one of the farriers of the R oyal Engineers,