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PERFORATION OF THE STOMACH OF A HORSE BY 
BOTS.— WORMS IN THE INTESTINES OF A MARE. 
—PARALYSIS IN A HORSE.— DITTO ON THE LEFT 
SIDE OF A MARE.— FOUNDER AND PNEUMONIA. 
—CANKER IN THE FOOT OF A HORSE.— A CASE 
OF OPEN ELBOW JOINT. 
By Mr. J. Tin dal, V. $., Glasgow. 
Perforation of the Stomach of a Horse by Bots. 
April 22d, 1838. — I was called to attend a four-year-old 
draught colt, the property of the Rev. A. Kennedy, Dornoch, 
which had been purchased eight weeks previously, and was at 
that time in apparent good health. Since the purchase he has 
been rapidly losing flesh, notwithstanding his being fed on the 
best of corn and hay, and was now reduced almost to a skeleton. 
The pulse is 30, and weak ; he staggers as he walks, and fre- 
quently strikes himself against the walls of the loose box. His 
eyes are sunk and his countenance haggard. He is hide-bound ; 
his legs and ears are cold, his bowels costive, and he has very 
little appetite. 
My opinion is that worms, inhabiting the stomach and intes- 
tines, are the cause of his illness, and I have little hope of his 
recovery. 
I ordered bran and malt mashes, also a decoction of linseed 
and a little hay to be given. Clothe his body and wrap his legs 
in flannel bandages. 
23c?. — He is relishing his new diet. Administer a laxative and 
an occasional enema. 
24th . — Pulse stronger ; he is more lively, and does not stagger 
so much. 
2hth . — The bowels relaxed. Give a ball of gent., ant. tart, et 
zingib., every morning. 
27th.— - He is very uneasy, frequently looking at his flanks, 
and taking very little of his mash. Give him ol. oliv. Oij, tinct. 
opii in three bottles of oatmeal gruel, and administer an opiate 
enema. 
28th . — Much worse, and unable to rise. He was supported 
with gruel until the 30th, when he died. 
He was examined by Mr. Lesslie, who found the stomach very 
much inflamed, and containing 150 bots, several of which had 
penetrated through the coats of the stomach, and were adhering 
to the diaphragm. The other viscera appeared to be healthy. 
Bots are considered by many as harmless ; but when they 
