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purposes. I was called to see her August 30, at 8 o’clock p. M. 
The history of the case was that she had been in the stable 
during the day and in the afternoon seemed quite uneasy, and 
pawing, particularly with the right anterior extremity, and re¬ 
fusing part of her food. This was all that I could obtain at 
this visit. 
Upon examination I found the pulse and respiration accel 
erated, temp. 104° F. The general appearance was that of a 
long, rough and staring coat, cutaneous surface quite warm, 
extreme sensitiveness was observed by spinal pressure at the 
lumbar region, the visible mucous membranes were somewhat 
injected, urine and fasces of febrile character. I was informed 
later that she had not been in the best of health for some time, 
and that she was supposed to be pregnant, and that the period 
of pregnancy was expiring, yet I found this not to be the case 
on my first examination. 
Occasionally she was disposed to an intermittent fever, and 
I prescribed accordingly the usually applied remedies. 
In the course of three or four days the patient became con¬ 
valescent, although a partial anorexia remained. She was al¬ 
lowed the liberty of the field by day and removed to the stable 
at night. 
Her progression seemed to be quite satisfactory until the 
25th of September, when she became decidedly worse, being 
quite debilitated and showed marked symptoms of anaemia, 
which continued to gradually increase in spite of therapeutic 
agents. During the time from September 26th to October 
18th her spine curved to the left so far that it was three inches 
from its proper position. 
The left flank appeared quite prominent, while the right 
was quite normal, with no perceptible sensitiveness on pressure. 
I had made rectal examinations from time to time, but could 
detect nothing abnormal except some displacement of viscera, 
until the present time, (October 20th), when I detected in the 
region of the right flank, though quite anteriorly, a large, 
oval, immovable object, which I diagnosed as a tumor, the 
nature of which I could not ascertain as yet. 
The patient became very weak, taking no nourishment 
