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EMBOLISM OF ILIAC ARTERIES. 
By Samuel Little, Student, Veterinary College, Edinburgh. 
The subject of this case is a grey mare, about fourteen 
years old, the property of Mr. Milner, of Kinoulton, Not- 
tinghamshire. 
She had been in that gentlemans hands but a few months 
when I first saw her. He had bought her of Mr. Coleman, 
of Long Clawson, and the latter gentleman purchased her in 
the autumn of 1869 of Lord Seymour, with a view of using 
her as a hunter, but finding a defect in the action of her hind 
extremities — a general weakness shown in dropping of the 
quarters and dragging the toe of the off hind foot along the 
ground, very obvious after she had been ridden a short 
distance, and disappearing on rest — he determined to get rid 
of her ; and accordingly he sold her to Mr. Milner, having ap- 
prised him of her state. Mr. Milner thinking the mare's 
ailment of no moment, commenced training her for a steeple- 
chase ; finding, however, the animal incapable of undergoing 
the necessary preparation, in consequence of lameness of an 
intermittent character in the off hind leg — lameness occa- 
sioned by a few minutes' trotting exercise, and vanishing on 
rest — he abandoned the attempt, and set her aside as a brood 
mare. Mr. Marriott, of Cotgrave, Mr. Milner's veterinary 
surgeon, was called in to see her, and he pronounced her to 
be suffering from an injury to the hip-joint. 
Treatment was had recourse to ; a medicament was applied 
over the hip-joint ; nevertheless the intermittent lameness 
continued. 
On the 24th of May, 1870, the mare was sent to Belvoir 
Stables, a distance of twelve miles, to be stinted to “ Light 
Bob." She had scarcely proceeded a mile on the journey 
when the usual lameness appeared, and it gradually increased 
in intensity until Harby, a village on the way, was arrived at, 
where, from pain and exhaustion, she fell upon the road. 
My father was then summoned to see her, but he being from 
home I answered the call. I found the mare lying all her 
length on her right side, bathed in sweat, now and then 
raising her head and looking upon her reeking body, and at 
the same time showing an inclination to roll ; her belly was 
greatly distended ; the pulse was full, strong, and num- 
bering 88 ; the nostrils dilated, the breathing accelerated 
and irregular, and the mucous membranes highly injected. 
