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and forced the head partly outside the rectum.. The anus be¬ 
ing sufficiently relaxed I determined on bringing the foal away 
in its piesent position, and found no difficulty in doing so; in 
fact if she had had sufficient time she could have forced it 
away without any assistance. It was a fine, healthy, full- 
grown animal, but unfortunately the mare would never take 
to it, so that it had to depend upon artificial support. The 
maic had now a stimulating draught given, and some gruel, 
which she drank heartily, and then immediately jumped on 
■ her feet. A singular circumstance in the case is that she 
never showed any febrile symptoms, the breathing was quiet, 
and the pulse only 48, except on the tenth day after foaling 
when the breathing became accelerated, and the temperature 
slightly increased ; on this day the foal died from the attend¬ 
ant’s neglect. 
I On examining the mare internally, the floor of the rectum 
was found to be lacerated to such an extent as to admit of the 
foal coming through ; the anus and sphincter muscles were 
intact, and did not show any signs of laceration—an unex¬ 
pected result considering the great amount of distension they 
had undergone. After a time the lacerated parts contracted 
and ultimately the rent diminished to about three inches,' 
which always remained, and during the act of defecation the 
foeces would drop into the vagina, necessitating their removal 
occasionally, and when micturating the urine frequently 
passed out of the anus. 
On my calling one day within a month after she had been 
foaled, I was annoyed to find the animal had been at work 
for some dayswithin a fortnight after that she had an attack 
of laminitis which resulted in pumiced feet. 
The treatment for the first few days after foaling consisted 
of hot wet rugs to the loins for several hours daily, which 
were replaced by hot dry rugs; and bandages to the limbs. 
An ointment composed of vaseline, carbolic acid and oxide of 
zinc was applied ad libitum to the lacerated rectum by means 
of a wooden spatula, and an injection was given daily of warm 
carbolised water. Internally, stimulants were given two 01- 
three times a day and a few ounces of linseed oil occasionally 
the diet being of a pultaceous kind.— Veter. Record. 
