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time, I can speak very accurately as to her course during the 
last two years or more. During the latter part of April 1847, 
I attended this animal for an attack of gripes (which was prior to 
her being bought by the present owners); and the latter part of 
the month following (after the present owners had bought her) I 
attended her for a second attack ; in the beginning of October, a 
third; on the 15th of February 1848, a fourth; on the 20th of 
May, a fifth ; and on the 30th of August, the same year, a sixth. 
On the 24th of March 1849 she was attacked with pleuritis, which 
disease lasted from the above date until the 30th : this attack was 
not a severe one, and it appeared to have confined itself entirely to 
the left side. In addition to what I have stated, she has been, for 
the last two years or nearly so, affected with a cough ; she is also 
a most enormous eater, and yet she is generally thin and hungry- 
looking. Her labour has never been very severe — generally 
speaking, it is regular: she is ridden occasionally, and occasionally 
she is used for harness and carting purposes. 
Since recovering from pleuritis she has performed her labour, 
upon the whole, in a tolerable manner; but the man whose busi- 
ness it is to attend upon her says, that she has never walked with 
the same freedom and ease with which she did previously ; and 
that, frequently after she had partaken of water, she would turn 
her nose to her left side, and appear to regard the side with 
anxiety. Yesterday the animal remained all day in the stable ; 
and this morning, when the man came to her as usual, he was in- 
formed by a person who resides over the stable, that the mare, 
during the night, had made a great deal of noise with her feet 
against the wall. Upon entering the stable, he found the straw a 
good deal scattered about, but she appeared well, and she ate her 
food with good zest, so that no further notice was taken of the 
matter at the time. She has also remained in the stable during 
the whole of to-day, and about an hour ago she was first observed 
to be in a very singular condition : her hind limbs were found to 
be considerably swollen, and she appeared to be very weak and 
tottering upon them ; “ she began to stagger, and her joints to 
double under her.” At this stage of the proceedings I was re- 
quested to attend. 
Present State. 
1. Pulse 84, and respirations 24 per minute. 
2. The animal is laid upon her right side, and her limbs are 
stretched out; they are of a normal temperature. 
3. The eyes are dim and glassy-looking. 
4. The mucous membrane of the nose is flushed, but of one 
general tone of colour. 
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