SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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Case No. i.—S ubject was a chestnut gelding owned by 
R. Swihart, of Little Sandusky. The latter part of October 
the owner came to my office and said that he had a three-year- 
old horse that did not seem to thrive well, the history being 
as follows: Horse worked all right, was a free driver, would 
eat well, lick the manger,-gnaw the fence, and would lie down 
more than his other horses did ; the horse had done no good 
for six months. I diagnosed the case as chronic indigestion, 
and gave treatment for the same, and told the owner to bring 
the horse down to my office if he was no better when the 
medicine was used. On Nov. 2d, I was requested to see the 
horse, as he was unable to move; on my arrival I found the 
horse lying ffat on the ground, and occasionally would rise, 
paw with one forefoot, look around at side, then lie down, and 
remain there for half hour or more. The pulse dnd tempera¬ 
ture were normal, but the bowels had not moved that day. I 
diagnosed it as a case of impaction, gave a pill of aloes, calomel, 
inux and belladonna in small doses every two hours, and left 
chloral hydrate to keep down severe pain, should it arise, 
and told the owner I would be back the next morning. On 
my return, found the bowels had responded to the action 
of the cathartic, but all other symptoms were the same as 
the day before. I saw the horse in the evening, and found 
him the same. I then told the owner that I suspected an ab¬ 
normal growth located in the abdominal cavity. Horse died 
the next day, with all the symptoms of enteritis. Post mortem 
revealed a tumor about the size of a man’s head located in the 
mesentery of the small intestines, to which the walls of the 
intestine firmly adhered, but their caliber was not cut off. 
This tumor was hard, and cut almost like cartilige, and con¬ 
tained about two ounces of pus. This is the third case of this 
kind that I have seen, and all of them in horses less than four 
lyears old. 
Case No. 2.—On Nov. 10th, I was called to see an Ambas¬ 
sador mare, owned by T. C. Daughimer. Mare had had 
no trouble to foal, but post-partem haemorrhage followed. 
Gave ergot every half hour until three doses were given ; in¬ 
serted cloths into the uterus to cause uterine contractions and 
let them remain there for an hour ; applied bandages to the 
abdomen, and the haemorrhage was stopped. The next day 
il was sent for, saying the mare would not eat. I found her 
with back arched, looking around to side, stamping with hind 
feet and frequent attempts to urinate. I discovered I had a 
case of metritis to deal with. Gave laxatives, morphia al¬ 
ternately with hyposulphite of soda, and injections of a weak 
