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FIVE HORSES STUNG TO DEATH BY BEES. 
FIVE HOESES STUNG TO DEATH BY BEES. 
Observations furnished by M. E. Clichy, V.S., aJanville {Eure- 
et-Loire.) 
Of the five horses attacked by the bees, one was dead on 
M. Clichy’s arrival; while the four others, which had been 
withdrawn from the scene of the accident with considerable 
difficulty, after having cut their ropes, were in an extra- 
ordinary state of exasperation. One three-year-old horse 
particularly, of very strong constitution, when turned into a 
loose place, became so outrageous that approach to him was 
impossible ; under continual agitation he lay down and 
rose again incessantly ; or he threw himself against the walls 
of his abode, and tore his flanks. He was deaf to the voice 
of the man looking after him, and under extreme excitability; 
while the lids were so swollen as to completely cover his eyes ; 
and his respiration, laborious from agitation, was rendered yet 
more so by the tumefaction of his nostrils. No treatment 
could be put in practise, and he in a short time died. 
The three others, though difficult of approach, received 
some treatment. They were less agitated than the one that 
was dead had been, though their symptoms w r ere the same. 
In addition to oppressed breathing, and full and strong and 
very quick pulse, they had injected membranes; pupils 
dilated to an extraordinary degree ; the borders of all the 
natural apertures swollen; the tongue larger than usual; 
exhibiting black spots, from the stings sticking in the mucous 
membrane. 
Treatment. — Dry frictions to eradicate the stings im- 
planted into the skin; frictions with ammoniacal liniment ; 
bloodlettings from the jugulars. The blood appeared thick 
and black, and quickly coagulated. Injections w r ere thrown 
into the mouth. All the horses died. 
Autopsy. — In all of them, a great quantity of stings were 
found sticking in the skin, especially around the nose, eyes, 
mouth, ears, anus, flanks, sheath, and internal surfaces of 
the thighs. The borders of the natural orifices were much 
tumified ; excoriations about the body from frictions and 
blows. Some of the horses had their teeth broken. Besides 
which, there were to be seen infiltrations under the skin, and 
sub-cutaneous collective tissue in different parts, especially 
wdien the bones w ere projecting, where there were stagnations 
of blood. — Eec. de Med. Vet., March , 1853. 
