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tremities kept warm; the animal functions appeared to be going 
on uninterruptedly; and there was apparently but little consti¬ 
tutional disturbance. Still every now and then we observed her 
head turned round, and pointing towards the left flank, indicating 
something wrong going on in that quarter—some visceral de¬ 
rangement difficult to make out. The symptoms continued 
nearly the same until the 2d of December, when they all became 
rapidly worse; increased debility; disturbed breathing; weak 
small pulse at 60; appetite failing. On the 3d, still growing 
worse. And on the morning of the 4th, we found the mare 
unable to rise; her body covered with cold sweat; pulse scarcely 
perceptible. She died about twelve o’clock the same day. 
Post-mortem Examination. 
On opening the abdomen a quantity of dark-coloured serous fluid 
either escaped or w as seen amongst the interstices of the bowels. 
The surface of the large intestines exhibited strong marks of 
recent inflammation. The blind end of the caecum was found ad¬ 
hering, w ith a broad and thickened basis, to the side of a large 
tumour which had formed in the misocolon. A part of the colon 
itself, near its anterior curvature, w 7 as likewise found firmly attached 
to this tumour; and from these two points of attachment might 
be seen red streaks or traces of inflammation running along the 
peritoneal covering and ligamentous bands of the caecum and 
colon. In the centre of the tumour was an abscess, filled with a 
thin purulent matter. Its w r alls were, from tw r o to three inches 
thick, and seemed to consist of dense cellular substance. In the 
colon was seen a considerable quantity of food ; and digestion 
appeared to have been going on regularly enough. All the rest 
of the abdominal viscera, as well as the contents of the chest, 
exhibited a sound appearance. 
The tumour or abscess, then, which w r e have seen had been 
formed in the mesentery, was, without doubt, in this instance, the 
immediate cause of death. And I can feel no hesitation in calling 
this one of the sequelae of strangles. 
One thing, I may remark, struck me as appearing somewhat 
extraordinary in this case, w r hich was the little interruption that 
seems to have been given to the process of digestion, considering 
the nature of the mischief that was going on amongst the bowels. 
I could bring forward many other instances in support of what 
I have advanced: I shall only mention one more, and w r hich is 
of very recent occurrence. 
CASE III. 
A bay gelding, four years old, joined the regiment in April 
last, from Durham fair; was admitted into the infirmary stables, 
