STRONGYLUS ARMATUS 
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«ven off the main trunk were more or less ol those parasites. 
“ About a fortnight from the time of being called to 
lis case, I was sent for to see another of these foals, which, 
te man informed me, had been found down and unable to rise, 
d examining it, I observed that the pulse at the jaw was 
tarly imperceptible, the mucous membranes blanched, and 
te body very cold. I informed the owner that I was sure 
ts foal was dying from internal hemorrhage, and that, in my 
:inion, it was suffering from the same complaint as the last. 
y e managed, however, after some difficulty, to get the ani- 
tjd on his legs again, and immediately we had done so, it 
immenced voiding a large quantity of blood from the penis, 
teing that there was no chance of recovery we had the foal 
:stroyed, when I made my examination and found the blad- 
:r distended to repletion with blood. The right kidney was 
;ice its normal size, and on cutting into it 1 found it filled 
ffh similar parasites. The renal artery was quite as large 
tone’s finger, and it, also, contained a large number of these 
matures. The posterior aorta contained thousands of them. 
“Two other foals, which were on the premises, I felt sure 
: m their appearance were laboring under the same corn- 
lint, and the owner wished me to try if I could do anything 
Sr them. 
r I must here say that these foals had been taken off the 
i res at about six months old, and placed on some cold, wet 7^- 
ids, where they had remained up to the time of my seeing 
pm. 
“ The two surviving ones I had taken up and put into the 
)7 of a barn, so that they could be supplied with crushed 
is, pea meal, and good hay. I first gave them, for three 
^:cessive mornings, ol. tereb., ol. lini., and afterward admin- 
s^red for a few days the following tonic—ferri sulph., pulv. 
"it. These remedies were alternately employed for a fort- 
i ht, and I considered that the animal was improving under 
Hr use, but at the time the owner saw fit to dispose of the 
els, so that I afterward lost sight of them entirely.” 
[Editor. —Mr. Mather will find in the records of Veter- 
*ry Medicine , several analgous cases to those he has related 
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