16 ABORTION FOLLOWED BY LAMINITIS. 
laminitic horse at once seen, viz. bearing the whole weight upon 
the heels of the fore feet. She has continued most obstinately 
to stand, although, at times, one would think she must fall down. 
I was desirous of passing setons through the frogs of the fore 
feet; but as the box was so small that I could not throw her 
down in it, and as I could not move her out of it to do so, I was 
rather puzzled how to manage the operation. As to lifting 
any one foot, although we had plenty of assistance, it was quite 
out of the question ; I therefore thought, as there happened to 
be a beam over head, that I would contrive some slings, with 
the double purpose of allowing her to throw some weight into 
them to relieve her feet, and also that whilst she was suspended 
I might pass the seton. I fixed the apparatus (which is ex- 
tremely simple) accordingly ; but the moment the mare found 
she had any thing under her to support her body, she threw her 
whole weight into the slings, until she absolutely hung suspended 
in them, and could not be forced to move. I then tried to insert 
a seton, but found this perfectly impracticable, since the mare 
threw herself frantically forward. I now applied the hobbles to 
the legs, and lowered the mare out of the slings to the ground, 
and inserted a seton through the frog of each fore foot as deeply 
as I dared. After the operation 1 kept the hobbles on until 
every thing was quiet, and then relieved her, thinking she 
might be induced, by the ease she received from lying, to remain 
in the recumbent position ; but no sooner did she find herself 
freed from restraint than she tottered up. For some hours she 
suffered most intensely, her knees and limbs trembling. The 
bowels had not been acted on ; I therefore gave of resin 3ij, nitre 
3 ij, aloes 3ij, in ball. The poultices were again applied and 
most vigilantly tended. The mare lay down and rose again 
several times, until towards evening she remained on the ground 
fairly exhausted. A man was again left up with her to attend 
to the poultices, give her gruel, &c. 
6th . — She is still lying down ; the pain is intensely severe, 
but I do not think the feet are quite so hot ; the pulse is more 
tranquil, and beating 65. She does not attempt to rise, but 
turns her head up occasionally, and groans. Her dung is quite 
loose, and she passes it as she lies. No further treatment to- 
day than attention to the w r ants and comfort of the mare, and 
keeping the poultices constantly hot. 
1th . — The mare has not risen. She is lying quiet ; the 
breathing much easier, and the pulse softer and more tranquil ; 
pain evidently less; and she evinces a desire for food. 
About 12 A.M., she rose, but the pain then was dreadfully 
intense : she endeavours to eat some mash, but the pain in- 
creases so much upon her, that she is forced to lie down very 
