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DEEP-SEATED ABSCESSES IN A FOAL. 
its functions of respiration and circulation. The hearts and 
lungs proved of natural formation. The hearts were about 
sixteen inches apart. The viscera of the abdomen were single. 
The liver was very large, and extended from one diaphragm to 
the other; a space, I believe, of at least ten inches. The kid- 
neys and uterus were natural. The rectum and vagina termi- 
nated in one blind sac. and there was neither anus nor vulva. 
The foetus was alive when I first examined it per vaginam. 
For when I put my finger in its mouth it slavered and shuts its 
mouth, and bit me, which made me soon take my finger away. 
But it was dead some time before the cow was slaughtered. 
DEEP-SEATED ABSCESSES IN A FOAL. 
By- J. Tombs, M.R.C.V.S., Stratford-on-Avon. 
THIS case is similar to the one T recorded last month. 
June 9 th. — T was summoned to attend a foal about three 
weeks old, of the cart breed. He was observed to be lame in 
the field on the 5th inst. To-day he has lameness in the off 
hind limb and near fore one : a swelling extends from the knee 
to the elbow. There is great tumefaction around the acetabu- 
lum and sacrum. The breathing is much embarrassed — pulse 
exceedingly quick. Ordered aperients, febrifuges, and foment- 
ations. 
1 %th . — Opened abscesses on the sacrum, from which a pint 
of pus escaped, leaving the bone bare ; after the operation, I 
perceived the foal straining violently to void his urine. I passed 
a probang up the urethra. This caused more intense straining, 
and blood was voided. On re-examining the urethra, I found a 
long clot of blood completely blocking up the urinary passage 
in the penis : I laid hold of its end and pulled it away ; it was 
six inches in length, and coagulated. The colt immediately 
afterwards evacuated a large quantity of urine with compara- 
tive ease. Let him take gum acacia in large quantities of lin- 
seed tea, and febrifuges. 
Y&th. — Voids his urine freely — symptoms, however, unfavour- 
able — pulse 150 — respiration 40 — sucks with great difficulty — 
can hardly move about. Opened a deep-seated abscess com- 
municating with the head of the femur. Opened abscess on 
fore leg, a little above the knee joint ; two quarts of pus were 
liberated from elbow downwards. 
14 th. — Died. No post-mortem examination. The singular- 
ity of this case is, the accumulation of coagulated blood in the 
