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worked the remaining part of the day, and on being turned 
out in the evening was observed to roll about. 
The owner had him bled, and gave some of “Day’s 
mixture,” but without relief being obtained, and after wait- 
ing several hours, he sent a messenger for me. 
I did not arrive until past midnight, when I found the 
colt suffering acutely from abdominal pain. He would lie 
down and roll from side to side. Occasionally, however, he 
would lie on his back for several minutes together, groaning 
piteously The pulse was full, and numbered about 78. A 
profuse perspiration covered his body, and the symptoms 
upon the whole plainly denoted that he would not recover. 
In this state he continued till nine a. m., when he expired. 
On making a post-mortem examination , a large rent was 
found in the stomach near its pyloric orifice fully eight 
inches in extent. A considerable quantity of undigested 
vetches had also escaped from the stomach into the cavity of 
the abdomen. Every other part of the body was quite 
sound. 
A NEW EPIDEMIC AMONG HORSES. 
PARAPLEGIA, OR SPINAL PARALYSIS. 
By M. Small, M.R.C.Y.S., Dundalk and Newry. 
The alarming frequency of the disease paraplegia in the 
horse occurring in m) r practice at the present time, induces 
me to trouble you with this communication. The import- 
ance of the matter to agriculturists is great ; and if the dis- 
ease should assume an epidemic character, and appear in other 
parts of the country, the following remarks may prove of 
service to your readers. 
Case 1 . — A short time since I was sent for in a hurry by 
Mr. Stephen Feehan, a farmer near Carlingford, to see two 
valuable cart-horses that had been taken suddenly ill on their 
way to Dundalk market with a load of grain. They had 
reached the village of Riverstown and accomplished half 
their journey when they appeared weak and staggered on the 
road. One of them, a strong six-year-old chestnut mare, fell 
down almost immediately on being loosed out of harness. It 
was thought she had gripes , and the usual country cure of pep- 
per and whisky was abundantly administered. It was soon 
found, however, that the mare could not be got on her legs, 
