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in consequence of being a roarer, who was described as being 
seriously ill. I arrived about ten o'clock, a.m., and found 
some labourers in the yard with the horse, who told me he 
had been ill all night, and that he had just fallen down head 
foremost, and had been with great difficulty got up again 
by their assistance. Profuse sweat bedewed his whole body, 
besides which he had evidently lost the power of vision. 
He was likewise suffering acute abdominal pain. I attempted 
to give him a diffusible stimulant, but on the head being 
raised for this purpose the poor animal again fell, seemingly 
from want of a due supply of blood to the brain. I then 
left, telling the foreman that it was too late for medical 
assistance to be of any use. He died about two o'clock. 
Case 2. —On September 2nd, I again received a message 
to go to the same farm to see a valuable young cart-mare, 
and on my arrival I found her suffering precisely in the 
same way as the horse, with the addition, however, that her 
throat was very much swollen. The enlargement produced 
so much mechanical difficulty to respiration that I performed 
the operation of tracheotomy. I also applied fomentations to 
her throat, and attempted to give some medicine, but found 
this to be impractical. She died in about half an hour. I 
lost no time in making a post-mortem examination, and 
found that the mucous coat of the stomach was very much 
inflamed, all other parts of the body being quite healthy. 
I told the man that in my opinion the animal had died from 
poison. 
We made a diligent search all over the premises, but 
were unable to find anything of a poisonous nature. There 
were no shrubs or anything of the kind growing near at 
hand which we could suspect. 
Before leaving, the foreman wished me to see his cow as 
she appeared dull and showed symptoms of pain* I found 
that her rumen was fuller than usual, and that rumination 
was suspended, and also the secretion of milk, at least par¬ 
tially so. From inquiry 1 ascertained that on the previous 
day all the animals had been feeding on some mown clover, 
which was turned almost brown in the leaf, and that the cow 
had been allowed to eat all she desired. The animals had 
likewise all drunk at the same trough. I sent some medicine 
for the cow and was informed a few days afterwards that she 
was doing well, but afterwards I am sorry to say, that I 
learnt that she also died. Not being made acquainted with 
her death at the time, no post-mortem examination was in¬ 
stituted. 
