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MARASMUS IN A MARE. 
calyx and corolla, the latter usually consisting of distinct 
petals. Stamens always perigynous. 
Subclass 3. Corollijlorce .—Flowers furnished with both 
calyx and corolla, the latter consisting of united petals. 
Subclass 4 .Monocldamydea .—Flowers having no corolla, 
and sometimes not even a calyx. 
These divisions are subdivided by different authors in 
various ways, w T hich need not be specified, as under these the 
Natural orders or families are considered. 
(To be continued ’.) 
CASE OF MARASMUS IN A MARE. • 
Bv E. F. Thayer, V.S. 
The following case, although not so full in its details as I 
could wish, from the fact that the patient was sent to pasture 
and kept there for several weeks unnoticed, nevertheless is 
one which I have thought worthy of being placed on record. 
A black mare, aged, was observed to refuse her food. 
A dose of cathartic medicine was administered to her by the 
stable-keeper, which produced the desired action, but no 
benefit resulting from it my attention was called to her on 
May 25th, 1857. The present state of the animal is as fol¬ 
lows: pulse and respiration normal; visible mucous membranes 
of the natural colour ; coat glossy. The molar teeth having 
rather sharp edges, to these the rasp was applied; and 
alterative medicine was ordered to be given. 
June 3d.—As the mare is not perceptibly better, and it 
being the proper season for turning out to grass, the owner 
decided upon giving this a trial. My advice was to watch 
her, and if she did not improve to have her at once attended 
to. I,neither saw nor heard any more about the animal until 
August 20th, when the owner drove into my yard leading 
in the mare, or the skeleton of her I might almost be permitted 
to say, for she was certainly the poorest animal I ever saw. 
He said he wished to leave her with me, and thought she 
would not recover. I might, he added, try any experiment 
on her I pleased, but if she appeared to suffer to have her 
destroyed. After the animal had been in the stable about 
three hours an examination was made; the pulse was 40, 
soft, and very weak, the respiration tranquil, the visible 
mucous membranes pale. She appeared lively, the eyes were 
