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it was partially twisted round, and brought into a more favor¬ 
able position for delivery, and before twelve o’clock it was 
removed piecemeal. This mare made a very speedy re¬ 
covery. 
It requires some little determination to attend on these 
cases, remuneration being out of the question; but how 
people, and especially professional men, can stand by, with 
their hands in their pockets, finding fault with others, with¬ 
out assisting to relieve the poor creatures, as is stated in 
Mr. Gamgee’s lecture in the Veterinarian for June, is to me 
a mystery, and deserving of much censure. 
CASE OF PERICARDITIS IN A MARE. 
By F. B. Jones, M.R.C.Y.S., Hereford. 
I have forwarded a morbid specimen to you, thinking it 
of some interest. It is the heart of a cart-mare. The animal 
was seven years old, and belonged to Mr. Pardington, Byford, 
near Hereford. She was in foal, and her time expired two 
weeks ago. At that time the carter said her udder was much 
distended, and he expected her to parturiate every hour. 
She also seemed dull and stupid, and evinced symptoms of 
gripes, as he considered it, but being nothing worth noticing 
the attack passed off. 
Since that time the animal has fallen away in condition 
very much, and the man made the remark, that she did better 
when at work than at play. She has been living well all the 
winter, working up to three weeks since. This I inquired 
particularly respecting , and was informed that she has never 
showed any symptoms of distress at a hard day’s work. 
Mr. Pardington saw me one day last week, when he re¬ 
quested me to call and see her if I was going that way, as 
she had gone over her time a fortnight, but seemed quite 
well. I saw her last Friday; she was then grazing in a field, 
and seemed in health, but the mucous membranes were a 
little yellow. I told him it would be better not to give her 
any medicine then, but let her have time, allow her a bran 
mash night and morning, and if any symptoms of partu¬ 
rition presented themselves, to let me know. 
On Saturday night last, I was sent for, on account of the 
so-called symptoms of gripes again showing themselves. The 
owner thought that she wanted to foal, and to satisfy him I 
