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A CASE OF FOUNDER. 
dribbling continually from the navel, excoriating the surround- 
ing parts; and if this is not stopped the colt dying. When the 
cord becomes detached close up to the body, the arteries or the 
urachus can only be sealed up by the actual cautery ; but where 
the cautery has been repeatedly applied until there is much risk in 
its farther application, then a crooked needle must be passed from 
one side of the orifice to the other, and whipped well round with 
tow, as we do in securing a bleeding orifice, thereby bringing on 
adhesive inflammation. These measures will generally prove suc- 
cessful, and I prefer the latter plan to the cautery. 
A SINGULAR CASE OF FOUNDER. 
By Mr. John M‘Lean, Barkham , Jedburgh. 
To the Editor oJ' tc The Veterinarian.” 
Dec. 10, 1842. 
Dear Sir, — I send you the history of a couple of cases; not for 
any interest they possess, but from the contributions from this 
side of the Tweed appearing so few and far between in your ex- 
cellent Periodical. 
I am, dear Sir, 
Your’s truly, 
John M‘Lean. 
It is now some months since I was called on to attend a power- 
ful draught horse, the property of a farmer in this neighbourhood, 
and the interesting appearance he then presented is quite fresh in 
my recollection. He was a large black horse, standing seventeen 
hands high, with shoulders and withers as fine and high as any 
hunter. He was devoid of fat, but possessed of great substance, 
both in bone and muscle : his shape, in general, was of the first 
rate; in short, had there been a Goliah of modern days, here was 
just the horse to carry him. He was standing in an airy loose 
box, breathing most laboriously, with nose extended and tail erect, 
and quivering as sometimes seen in lock-jaw ; but there was no 
lock-jaw here. The pulse was 65. On inquiring into his history, 
I learned that he had been coughing for a week back, and had 
been a distance of forty-five miles three days previous ; that he 
would not feed on the road, nor after he came home; and being 
dull, and not feeding on the next day, he was, therefore, kept in 
from work. On the second morning he was found in the state 
