ACUTE LAMINITIS, ENTERITIS, AND PNEUMONIA. 625 
‘The North British Agriculturist ,’ nor have I anything to do 
with the editorial or other management of that journal. 
If Mr. Mayhew’s letter applied to actual fact concerning 
myself, I should be wrong to read and not to profit. s( In 
putting this and that together ” however, he has dealt so exclu- 
sively in fiction, has made such remarkably awkward <£ blind 
thrusts” and has invested all in a garb of such transparent 
sentimentality, that I read his remarks with great amusement, 
but without edification. 
I am, Mr. Editor, 
Yours most sincerely, 
John Barlow. 
ACUTE LAMINITIS, WITH ENTERITIS AND 
PNEUMONIA. 
By Mr. Barlow, Edinburgh Veterinary College. 
A black mare, six years old off, standing fifteen hands two 
inches, strongly made, but showing some breeding, was pur- 
chased at St. Sair’s fair, in Aberdeenshire, on July 12th, 
1854, for the Royal Artillery service. She walked by road 
to Aberdeen, a distance of thirty miles, and arrived there on 
the afternoon of the 13th. From thence she was conveyed 
by railway to Edinburgh on the 14th, and, along with seven- 
teen other horses purchased at the same fair, she came to 
Leith Fort on Monday the 17th. She was considered sound 
on the 12th; during the five days which intervened between 
purchase and deliver}" at the Fort, she fed well, rested natu- 
rally, and appeared perfectly healthy. So she continued 
over the 17th. 
18th. She fed well, took ordinary exercise this morning, 
and excited no particular notice till 2 o’clock p.m. At this 
time the off hind leg, but the hock most particularly, was 
observed to be swollen, unnaturally hot, and painful. The 
farrier considered this owing to a kick from the neighbouring 
horse; he applied fomentations during the afternoon. At 
evening stable-time she was feverish, off her feed, and in- 
creasingly lame. 
19th. At 6 o’clock this morning she was exceedingly ill, 
and I was requested to see her. The furrier fancied “ something 
wrong in the loins” and had given a dose of nitrous ether and 
tincture of opium. 
I saw her for the first time since she fell amiss, at 10 o’clock 
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