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INTERNAL HEMORRHAGE. 
Through the kindness of the worthy Secretary of the 
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, the two morbid spe- 
cimens above referred to may be seen at Red Lion Square by 
any member of the profession having such a desire. 
(To he continued.) 
CASE OF INTERNAL HEMORRHAGE. 
By B. B. Aris, M.R.C.V.S., Wellingborough. 
On the 18th of June, 1855, 1 was requested to see a black 
horse of the cart-breed, eight years old, at Mears Ashby, 
four miles distant. The animal had been sent that morning 
to draw a light load of grass about the distance of two miles, 
and when near home he was observed to breathe very short, 
and to become weak and unsteady in his movements ; soon 
after which he began to purge, the faeces being mingled with 
blood. 
I found him standing in the stable, with his head hanging- 
down, the breathing heavy and laboured, with frequent 
sobbings, no pulse at the jaw, the heart beating quick, but 
feebly, the visible mucous membranes as white as the paper 
on which I am writing, and he was very weak and unsteady 
in his movements. My opinion, given at once, was that it 
was a case of internal hemorrhage of a passive character. I 
attempted to give the animal some medicine, but failed, from 
his being very bad tempered. I was therefore obliged to 
desist, and contented myself with placing him in a cool, 
darkened box, and ordered him to be kept very quiet, and 
left him for the night. 
19th. — The symptoms are the same as yesterday. He has 
passed a good deal of blood with his faeces, but has not lain 
down, and refuses both food and drink. 
20th. — Symptoms much the same as yesterday: faeces 
semifluid, and darker in colour, with which clots of blood are 
passed ; the evacuations are very fetid ; the animal is quite 
blind, the pupils much dilated, and the eyes amaurotic; the 
pulse quick, and very weak. 
21st. — The animal looks somewhat better, will eat a little 
green clover, and drink linseed gruel ; the pulse is still weak, 
and about 60. The stench from the faeces is now almost 
intolerable, arising from the blood becoming partially de- 
composed. 
22d. — Appetite better ; he has not passed so much blood 
