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MAL PRESENT ATI ON IN A MARE. 
foetus being turned back upon the thorax, and the fore legs 
doubled under. A few minutes sufficed to adjust the foetus, 
which was then easily expelled, it being rather small. The 
pains continued until the placental membranes were de¬ 
tached, when, as the mare appeared only comparatively easy, 
I administered Pulv. Opii, 5j> cum Sp. ^Eth. Nit., Jiss ; and 
left her with orders to be kept very quiet. 
7th.—At 6 o’clock a.m. a messenger arrived, informing 
me, to use his own words, that the mare’s womb was down. 
I hastened to her, and found upon inquiry that the owner, 
whilst looking at her about two hours after my departure, 
saw' something protruding from the vagina. I have but 
little doubt, therefore, that the uterus became inverted shortly 
afterwards, as it was found so when the horseman saw her 
about 4 o’clock a.m. The owner, seeing the deplorable con¬ 
dition the mare was in, wished to have her at once destroyed, 
but thinking there was a chance of recovery, I informed him 
so, and was requested to do what I thought best. 
From the extreme size and highly congested state of the 
uterus, I found I should not be able to sustain its great weight 
alone; I therefore, after having carefully cleansed it with 
tepid water, procured a large cloth, in which it w r as kept 
suspended by two men. I was thus enabled, by continuous 
manipulation, partly to return it, and by applying my hand 
to its fundus with some force, it passed into its proper posi¬ 
tion. I was careful to allow’ my hand to remain until I felt 
the circulation was partially restored. To secure it in its 
position, I passed two sutures through the vulva, and 
placed a large pad of cloth over it, which was retained there 
by two cords running from a collar, which were then crossed 
under the tail, inside the thighs and back to the bottom 
part of the collar. 
The mare w 7 as then so placed that her fore parts were 
much lower than the hinder ones, and I exhibited in the form 
of draught— 
Pulv. Opii, *ss; 
Snt. JEt.h. IS it., ^ij; 
01. Lini, ^xij. Misce. 
I left orders for her to be kept very quiet, and not allowed 
to lie down. Some warm water and flax-seed mash were to 
be offered to her. 
In consequence of my attendance being required to 
another case of parturition, a long distance off, where I was 
detained some hours, I was unable to see my patient until 
about 10 o’clock p.m., when I found her very quiet, she 
having showm no signs of pain during the day. The pulse 
