24 OBSCURE ABDOMINAL DISEASE IN HORSES. 
desire ; my sole intention being to bear evidence concerning a 
matter of some importance to the body of your readers ; I 
have the honour to be 
Your very humble servant. 
7 , London Street, Norfolk Square. 
OBSCURE ABDOMINAL DISEASE IN HORSES, 
INVOLVING THE RESPIRATORY ORGANS. 
By B. Cartledge, M.R.C.V.S., Sheffield. 
Gentlemen, — I hope the following, though brief, and I 
fear not very explanatory history of a disease which is now 
prevailing amongst the horses of a firm in this town, may 
not be unacceptable to your readers. 
There are some peculiarities hitherto unobserved by me in 
the symptoms of other, but somewhat similar, affections: 
and I regtret that from the commencement I did not chronicle 
the daily changes which occurred, and the treatment I 
thought necessary to pursue. My excuse, however, must be, 
that I could not, from the early appearances, foresee what 
was to follow^ ; nor could I anticipate that the stable w T ould 
furnish so many cases of interest, 
I am, Gentlemen, 
Yours very faithfully. 
On the 10th of October my attendance was requested on 
a brown horse which was then being attended by a prac- 
titioner in this town, and whom I met in consultation. The 
account given of him was, that a few days previous he had 
lost all desire for food ; to w hich succeeded a cough, and some 
abdominal pain apparently. 
These symptoms were present on my first seeing him, and 
in addition, I observed that the visible mucous membranes 
were heightened in colour ; the coat stared ; the pulse num- 
bered about 58 beats in the minute, but the breathing was 
tranquil. In reply to inquiries, I elicited from the man w ho 
attended him, that the pain showed itself only at intervals, 
and that at times the paroxysms were severe. 
The faeces w r ere voided w ith regularity, and their character 
w r as that of a horse in health ; although, from the fact of the 
animal having eaten so little food, they were necessarily 
lessened in quantity. 
