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3d.—Pulse 60, with more tone ; fasces black, soft, and 
covered with mucus. Continue the same treatment. 
4th—Pulse 75; entire loss of appetite; frequent grating 
of the teeth ; bowels relaxed, and faeces very fetid. He 
partakes of dry food sparingly, but drinks freely. 
5th.—Pulse 75 ; and otherwise the animal is much the 
same. Bowels continue relaxed. 
The Principal Veterinary Surgeon to the Army, Mr. Wil¬ 
kinson, saw T the horse to-day, and recommended Ol. Tereb., 
f 5_j, in haustus, bis in die. It produced profuse diuresis 
with much irritation, and I feared my patient would sink 
under its influence, 
6th.—Pulse 75, and weak; the mouth is moister; the 
mucous membranes of a more healthy hue; appetite im¬ 
proved. Allowed grass, &c., of which the animal partakes 
sparingly. Discontinue medicine. 
7th.—Appetite improved ; pulse 66, but weak; faeces soft 
and not so fetid, but mingled with pus and mucus. 
13th.—Pulse 58, and fuller; appetite improved. Several 
abscesses have formed on the side, behind the shoulder, each 
containing about tw T o fluid ounces of pus. There is still some 
pus and mucus mingled with the faeces. 
23d.—Pulse 50, and full; appetite good ; and small ab¬ 
scesses continue to form on the near side. Vary the diet. 
May 3d.—There is no appearance of any more abscesses 
forming. 
10th.—Animal convalescent. 
June 1st.—This horse is doing well, and is only kept from 
his work through the blister on the chest having been rubbed, 
and which has not yet healed. 
MALPRES ENTATION IN A MARE, FOLLOWED 
BY INVERSION OF THE UTERUS. 
By A. Fuller, M.R.C.V.S., Ramsey. 
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April 6th, 1859.—About 8 o’clock p.m. my immediate 
attendance w^as requested to a valuable brood mare, distant 
about five miles from this place, which w r as stated to be 
about to foal. 
On my arrival, I found the mare recumbent and violently 
straining to labour. I therefore at once proceeded to exa¬ 
mine her, and found a malpresentation, the head of the 
