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CASES OF IRREGULAR STRANGLES. 
the mare lying down and struggling ; he assisted her up, when 
she broke out into a profuse perspiration ; he shod her, and 
when she was going home, two miles from the forge, she fell 
down and died three hours after the accident. 
Appearances . — Fracture obliquely and entirely through the 
ilium, between the posterior spinous process and ischium ; 
rupture of the vagina, and uterus, in which organs were 
entangled the intestines ; rupture of the posterior vena cava, 
anteriorly to the pelvis ; pelvis and abdomen contained large 
quantities of blood in a fluid and congested state. He- 
morrhage was the immediate cause of death. 
I saw a half-bred filly, twelve months of age, which reared 
up, fall backwards, and fractured the ilium, to what 
extent I am unable to say ; she could not get up when down, 
for a long time, w ithout assistance ; she can now gallop about, 
although slightly lame. 
CASES OF IRREGULAR STRANGLES. 
By Mr. Barlow, Edinburgh Veterinary College. 
Case 1 . Abay mare, 4 years old off, standing 1 5 hands 3 inches, 
and shewing considerable breeding, was purchased at Durham 
in the month of March, 1 854, by Lieut.-Col. Teesdale, for the 
Royal Artillery service, Leith Fort. On examining her at 
that time I considered her sound. In the beginning of 
April last, she became affected with catarrh and laryngitis, 
but speedily recovered, without show ing further premonitory 
signs of strangles. About the middle of May* strangles w T as 
very prevalent in the Fort stables: this mare then show r ed 
precursory catarrhal signs of the disease, and the space between 
the sides of the low 7 er maxilla became somewhat filled. These 
appearances, however, subsided w ithout the formation of any 
external abscess ; but from this time she declined in condition, 
showed an unhealthy coat, seldom lay down, and did not 
feed well. 
Owing to these circumstances, my attention w r as directed 
to her, in the beginning of June. She was then exceedingly 
thin, had an eczematous eruption under the belly, inside the 
thighs, and from both hocks to the feet downwards. Her 
appetite was, very capricious, bowels torpid, and urine scanty. 
The respiration w 7 as 10; pulse 26, and occasionally 30 to 35 
in a minute, for it was very intermittent as w 7 ell as irregular. 
