STllONGLES WITHIN THE ARTERIES OF YEARLING COLTS. 191 
ceptible at the jaw, the mucous membranes blanched, and 
the body very cold. I informed the owner that I was sure 
the foal was dying from internal heemorrhage; and that, in my 
opinion, it was suffering from the same complaint as the last. 
We managed, however, after some difficulty, to get the animal 
on his legs again ; and immediately we had done so, it com- 
menced voiding a large quantity of blood from the penis. 
Seeing there was no chance of recovery, we had the foal de- 
stroyed, when I made my examination, and found the bladder 
distended to repletion with blood. The right kidney was 
twice its normal size, and on cutting into it I found it filled 
with similar parasites. The renal artery was quite as large 
as one’s finger, and it also contained a large number of 
these creatures. The posterior aorta contained thousands 
of them. 
Two other foals, which were on the premises, I felt sure, 
from their appearance, were labouring under the same com- 
plaint, and the owner wished me to try if I could do anything 
for them. I must here say, that these foals had been taken 
off the mares at about six months old, and placed on some 
cold wet lands, where they had remained up to the time of 
my seeing them. The two surviving ones I had taken up, 
and put into the bay of a barn, so that they could be supplied 
with crushed oats, pea-meal, and good hay. I first gave 
to each of them for three successive mornings — 
01. Tereb., $ij ; 
01. Lini, §ij. M. 
and afterwards administered for a few days the following 
tonic : 
Eerri Sulph., ^ss ; 
Pulv. Gent., 5j- M. 
These remedies were alternately employed for a fortnight, 
and I considered that the animals were gradually improving 
under their use, but at this time the owner saw fit to 
dispose of the foals, so that I afterwards lost sight of them 
entirely. 
[Mr. Mather will find in the records of veterinary medicine 
several analogous cases to those he has related. They are 
not uncommon, and have frequently been brought before 
the notice of the sudents of the College by the professors.] 
