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the animal, and destroyed it that day. I also wrote a note 
to the commanding officer, stating what information I had 
received, and recommending him to sift the matter ; also, 
informing him what risk the man was running, in conse- 
quence of his being totally ignorant of the nature of the dis- 
ease he was trying to subdue. A short time after this, I 
was told that several horses were attacked with glanders, 
and were shot, belonging to this corps. 
I could furnish many other instances, but I think these 
are sufficient to show that some measures should be taken to 
prevent disease being disseminated about the town in the 
way it seems to have been in Waterford. I do not see why 
a town such as this is ought not to be as strictly watched as 
the more populous and important towns of England ; perhaps 
your always ready pen, if used in this cause, may do much 
to effect so desirable an object. 
LACERATION OF THE VAGINA DURING PARTU- 
RITION IN A MARE, WITH PROTRUSION OF 
THE COLON. DESTRUCTION OF THE MOTHER, 
AND SUCCESSFUL REMOVAL OF THE FOAL. 
By William Shipley, M.R.C.V.S., Great Yarmouth. 
About noon, on the 1 6th of April last, I was requested by 
Mr. Press, of Southtown, to attend a mare showing symptoms 
of foaling, her gestatory period having elapsed about a week. 
I returned with him, and the distance being but short, we 
soon arrived. I found my patient, a half-bred bay mare, 
aged, in a nice warm orchard, endeavouring to effect the 
parturient act, lying down and straining every now and then. 
A very small portion of the membranes was hanging from 
the vagina, the urino-sexual orifice was unusually constricted, 
and the general appearance of the parts was not that of par- 
turition being so near at hand as thought. I therefore allowed 
her to remain for a little time to see the result of her own 
efforts. However, in the course of an hour, there was no 
appearance of the foal ; but the pains had become more 
regular and intense. (1 should have stated that the amnion 
was ruptured just previous to my arrival, and a very large 
quantity of fluid liberated.) I now had her led into a loose box 
well littered with straw, and at once proceeded to examine her. 
I found the parts remarkably small and narrow, and a large 
