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and fifty pounds. Been subject to colic for some time 
Called at 4 a. m. Found him bloated, cold sweat, mucom 
membrane pale, pulse fast and hard, respiration quick ano 
labored. Died at 9 A. M. 
Autopsy at 4 p. M. Bloated. Serous coat of intestines 
dark blue, and blood vessels of mesentery and intestines filled 
with blood. Mucous membrane of large intestines apoplectic 
with exudation of serum into the sub-mucous membrane. 
Rest of viscera apparently normal. Found aneurism of an¬ 
terior mesenteric artery ; walls thickened ; the intima showed 
a new foundation, ragged in appearance, which harbored sev¬ 
eral worms, and dark-colored clots of blood were found below 
the thrombus. 
7. History .—Bay gelding, twelve to fourteen years ; eleven 
hundred pounds. Sick all day, not much pain, uneasy. At 
8 P.^M. pulse 36, respiration 18. Slightly bloated, easy passes 
flatus. No Imces morning since. Gave usual treatment and 
went away. 4 a. m. night man was awakened ; went to the 
horse, died soon after. 
Post-mortem , 11 a. M. same day. Bloated. Removing 
abdominal muscles, large quantity of dark-colored serum es¬ 
caped, undigested food around liver and stomach and small 
intestines. Stomach with small rupture, the edges rough, 
having clotted blood under external coat of stomach. Small 
intestines were blushed and contained a quantity of light-col¬ 
ored mucous, sweetish to smell. The M. M. B. of large in¬ 
testines, colon and caecum, were apopletic, and faeces fluid. 
Liver soft and friable. Rest of viscera apparent^ normal. 
The internal lining of anterior mesenteric artery thickened, and 
presented a cauliflower look, covering a space of about a 
quarter of a dollar, which had in its meshes several parasites. 
Growths were found on biscuspid valves, hard and glistening. 
8 . History. — Brown gelding, nine years; eleven hundred 
pounds. Taken sick 1 A. M. Saw him 3 A. M., and found him 
bloated, dull pain, up and down. Pulse small, hard and 72. 
Respiration labored and short, cold sweat, visible M. M. B. 
pale. Usual treatment, with relief for a while, but gradually 
tailed, until death ensued at 8 A. M. 
