90 SINGULAR CASE OF PSOAS ABSCESS IN A MARE. 
which usually attend rabies, were absent. A seton was placed 
in his neck, and a dose of purgative medicine administered. A 
few hours afterwards he died. 
The post-mortem appearances presented a mass of inflammation. 
The stomach contained a dark chocolate fluid. Its interior was 
inflamed throughout, particularly the pylorus, and the inflamma- 
tion extended more or less through the small intestines. The 
trachea, bronchial tubes, and lungs, were much inflamed, and the 
bronchiae contained a large quantity of bloody spume. The la- 
rynx, pharynx, epiglottis, &c. were more or less discoloured by 
inflammation, and the tongue was of a clayey colour. The mem- 
branes of the brain were much injected, and the medulla oblon- 
gata was moderately so. In your opinion, was this a case of 
rabies? Is there such a disease as hemiplegia, or partial paralysis 
in the dog ? 
This was, in my opinion, a case of decided rabies. Paraplegia 
frequently occurs in the dog, but I do not remember to have 
seen a single case of Hemiplegia. — Y. 
SINGULAR CASE OF PSOAS ABSCESS IN A MARE. 
By Mr . Joseph Sewell, London 
.On looking over some old records of practice, the subjoined 
case appeared to me not only uncommon in occurrence, but some- 
what interesting in its pathological history. Should you think 
so too, it is quite at your service. You have it as it occurred to 
me and my relative, Mr. James Sewell, at St. Albans, while in 
practice together some twenty-five years ago. 
The subject was a black cart mare, the property of Mr. Win. 
Ward, a farmer in the neighbourhood of St. Albans. Mr. Ward 
had been on a visit to a friend, Mr. Mew, and had bought of 
him two cart mares heavy in foal. 
One of them, the subject of this case, as was remarked and 
pointed out by Mr. Ward at the time of purchase, had someold 
scars on each side of her loins, the origin of which Mr. Mew said 
he knew nothing about. 
As the mares were near their time of foaling, it was agreed that 
they should remain with Mr. Mew until foaled, and then be 
delivered to Mr. Ward at St. Albans, which was accordingly 
done within a month after foaling. 
In the course of a week or two the foal was observed to be very 
