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ABSCESS IN THE WOMB OF A MARE. 
author of this work. To a certain extent the experiment has 
been put to the test: it did not succeed to its full extent. There 
were, perhaps, too many horses about, and they caused a cer- 
tain degree of confusion ; but it did seem as if some degree of 
influence had been obtained over the animal. 
We leave the matter, however, in the best hands. They who 
have the amplest means of coming at the truth, and who will 
spare no labour in accomplishing the task, are at work ; and we 
doubt not that many of our brethren in various districts will avail 
themselves of the opportunity they possess, and favour us with 
the result of their experiments. Y. 
A CASE OF ABSCESS IN THE WOMB OF A MARE. 
By M. Cauderlier, M.V. 
A mare, eleven years old, was, on the 12th of March, taken 
to a stallion to be covered. At noon, on the same day, she was 
continually putting herself in a posture to void her urine, and 
straining violently. In doing this she voided a considerable 
quantity of blood. 
About five o’clock on that evening I was sent for. I found 
her disspirited, evidently in a state of suffering, looking round 
frequently at her left flank, pawing the ground with her hind 
feet — lying down from time to time, and her pulse hard and wiry. 
I took from her 8 lbs. of blood, and prescribed a small quantity 
of mash, with a little gruel. 
The symptoms which I had the opportunity of observing, and 
the account which was given to me of her, enabled me to guess 
at the nature of the evil ; but I would not submit her to any per- 
sonal examination until the morning. 
13 th . — I examined the vagina, and was astonished at its 
smallness and little depth. This explained to me the whole 
matter, and I found on the left side of the neck of the uterus, a 
rent, nearly two inches and a half in length. The discharge of 
blood had ceased, and the commencement of adhesive inflam- 
mation was visible. In other respects she was in the same agi- 
tated condition as on the preceding evening — she ate nothing — 
drank very little — her belly was slightly inflated — her face, gene- 
rally, had a contracted appearance — her ears were cold, and her 
pulse small and accelerated. A mucilaginous injection was thrown 
into the vagina and rectum. 
14 th and loth . — She appears to be in a slight degree better. 
16th . — She pulled some hay from her rack, and drank in the 
whole a couple of gallons of gruel. 
17 th . — She continued to paw the ground — laid herself down 
