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nosed it as as a case of ascites, with an unfavorable prognosis. 
Questioning the owner, I ascertained that the animal had a large 
abdomen when he bought her, some eight or ten years previous, 
but did not notice it increase to any marked degree until quite 
recently. He thought she had colic. The animal was down, 
apparently unable to arise. After administering several dopes of 
stimulants, I succeeded in getting her on her feet. Tried to 
persuade the owner to have her destroyed, so I could hold a post¬ 
mortem. He demurred, so I prescribed a tonic treatment. 
Appetite voracious, secretions seemingly normal. Three days 
later was again called, and found the mare down, unable to 
arise, and all efforts to get her up proved futile. In addition to 
the abdominal enlargement the hind limbs were swollen, also 
mammary glands pitting under pressure ; appetite, etc., still 
good. Again advised destruction. Owner wished to know if 
water could not be removed ; was answered in the affirmative, 
but as I could not see any possible benefit to be derived from it, 
declined to operate. Left her, with the understanding that 
should she die I would be notified. An hour later another 
veterinarian was called, who tapped her. Next morning I held 
a post-mortem. Found a chronic thickening of the peritoneum, 
with numerous excrescences of various sizes on the surface. Ab¬ 
dominal cavity full of serum, in which floated any amount of 
broken-down tissue. The other organs, heart, liver, kidneys, 
etc., so far as I was able to determine, betrayed no indications 
of disease. _ 
PROLAPSUS ANI ET RECTI. 
By W. L. West, V.S., Ellsworth, Me. 
June 22, I was called to see a four-year-old, which had been 
turned out to pasture. 
Subject and History.— Brown gelding, 15 hands high, weigh¬ 
ing about nine hundred pounds, four years old, and had been in 
pasture three weeks and seemed all right until the day before I 
was called, when the attendant noticed the rectum protruding, 
and next day notified me, and I found the rectum and anus 
prolapsed. Upon the rectum (the mucous membrane) were 
ovoid enlargements resembling haemorrhoids of purple and con¬ 
gested appearance, and around and between these were minute 
ulcerated spots. Otherwise the colt appeared nearly normal, 
with the exception of many blotches upon the sides and abdomen. 
Treatment .—Bathed the parts thoroughly with a i-to-30 
solution of creolin, to which was added one ounce to the quart, of 
