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ACUTE PLEURISY. 
circumstances I proceeded to inspect the entire herd and to 
make & post-mortem, examination of one that had only expired 
a short time previous to my return. 
(To be continued .) 
ACUTE PLEURISY ASSOCIATED WITH GANGRENE 
OF THE UTERUS FOLLOWING ABORTION. 
By W. Furnivall, M.R.C.V.S., Kington. 
On January 29th, 1857, my attendance was requested to 
a brown cart-mare, sixteen hands high, the property of A. 
Iveson, Esq., Glasbury, Radnorshire, at least sixteen miles from 
this place, which the messenger stated had cast a seven-months’ 
old foetus this day at noon. The foal, and also the placental 
membranes, were partially decomposed, and in expelling them 
the mare was found to strain violently. 
History . — This mare had been purchased at Brecon Fair in 
September, 1856, from a dealer residing in Ross, for £39 10s., 
who warranted her not to be in foal; and from the day of her 
purchase to the time of her abortion she had been used for 
hauling timber, and was kept in very high condition. About 
9 a.m. the manager noticed the water- bag, as he called it, 
to protrude, and very soon afterwards it ruptured ; but having 
no idea that the mare was pregnant, he resolved to wait and 
see what was amiss with her, before he came for me, when 
seeing that the fore legs of the foal were projecting, he at 
once started off. 
On my arrival I found the patient in a weak state; pulse 
quick and soft; mucous membranes of dirty yellow colour ; 
extremities cold; partial rigors; and a thin and fetid dis- 
charge from uterus. I contented myself by administering a 
mild diffusible stimulant, and had the body well clothed; 
applied friction and bandages to her legs, and ordered a warm 
bran mash and chilled water ad libitum to be given. 
By 5 p.m. she appeared to be better, but as I did not like 
the uterine discharge, I directed the attendant to inject tepid 
water twice a day into the vagina, and to continue it until I 
again visited her. I also instructed him to give her mashes, 
chilled water, and but little hay. 
31st. — On entering the box this morning, I found that 
the respiration was somewhat laboured, that the mucous 
