434 INVERSION OF THE UTERUS OF A MARE. 
The tumefaction of the haunch and thigh was so excessive 
that the cause was rendered very obscure, and the examination 
conducted necessarily under very unfavorable circumstances. 
Antiphlogistic remedies were adopted, and every adjunct 
employed to reduce the swelling and remove the existing 
lameness. 
The horse, notwithstanding, grew worse, and fell off daily 
in condition, until about three weeks subsequently to admis- 
sion he fell down, and became quite unable to move. 
During the latter period the pulse and respiration were 
much disturbed, and indicated, with other concomitant symp- 
toms, acute suffering. Considering it to be a hopeless case, 
and unwilling to protract the sufferings of the poor animal, 
I recommended that he should be destroyed. This having 
been fulfilled, the post-mortem examination disclosed a 
deeply seated abscess close to the brim of the acetabulum, 
and implicating the gluteal and ileo-femoralis muscles. 
Remarks . — To pronounce with absolute certainty that lame- 
ness was produced by “ Caries in the Acetabulum Joint,” 
I should think (as Mr. Gibson, I believe, implies in the 
case I have cited,) very problematical. Might not fracture 
of the head, or even of the neck of the femur, or injury to 
the ligaments of that bone in connection with the acetabulum 
be confounded with this ? 
I am free to confess that in the latter stage of the case 1 
have above briefly set forth, I anticipated the presence of 
some such lesion. 
The enormous tumefaction, however, as I have already 
hinted, prevented the institution of a satisfactory manual 
examination, and thereby precluded the possibility of a very 
precise diagnosis. 
I am unwilling to trespass further upon your time, there- 
fore, with best wishes for the prosperity of your journal, I 
beg to subscribe myself, 
Gentlemen, very faithfully yours, &c. 
CASE OF INVERSION OF THE UTERUS OF A 
MARE. 
By W. Furnivall, M.R.C.V.S., Kington. 
I am induced to forward you the particulars of a case of 
inversion of the uterus in a four-year-old cart-mare, not being 
able to find a similar occurrence recorded in the pages of 
