STRONGYLUS ARMATUS. 
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Post-mortem at 4 p. M. same day. Visible M. M. B. pale; 
floated ; mucous discharge from nose and mouth. Opened 
bdomen, found peritoneum itis. The colon, serous coat dark 
<lue; mucous coat apopletic. Small guts, serous coat dark 
1 color, mucous membrane normal. Rest of viscera appar- 
ntly normal. Left side of heart contained a straw-colored 
lot Anterior mesenteric artery aneurismal, containing a 
auliflower growth with several small parasites, and beyond 
bis found a firm, dark-colored clot filling artery. 
This horse was taken sick with colic the fifth ; recoverd, 
ent to work the sixth, but had to be returned in a few hours ; 
le ninth he again resumed his work, and continued appar- 
atly all right until the morning of the twelfth, when he died 
5 above stated. 
9. History .—Bay gelding, five years ; ten hundred and fifty 
ounds. Saw case at 6 p. M. Pulse full, strong ; respiration a 
ttle hurried ; urinates freely, fasces plenty. Restless, up and 
>wn. Prescribed for him, which gave ease for a while. 9 p. 
.—Bloated; gave drench, slacked away, and remained easy 
ira while, but continued in dull pain. 1 a. m. the next day, 
reathing hard and fast, sweating profusely ; again relieved 
m and he remained comfortable until about 10 A. M., when 
repeated the treatment which rendered him comfortable 
itil 4 P. M., when he had a collapse without bloating. Again 
d my best, which caused him to remain quiet until 4 A. M. 
the following day, when he threw himself down, pounding 
s head and striking with fore feet, while the hind legs re¬ 
fined very stiff until a short time before death, which took 
ace at 7 A. M. the same day. 
Post-mortem —thirty hours after death. Bloated. The ab- 
ominal viscera, with the exception of about eighteen inches 
1 small colon, were apparently normal. That part of the gut 
as inflamed and the contents dry. The M. M. B. of cascum 
as well covered with dark, raised spots, and contained quite 
dumber of parasites. 
One of the branches of the anterior mesenteric artery con¬ 
fined a growth on its internal surface, which nearly filled its 
• ace, and in and around this was found parasites quite active. 
