KEPOKTS OF OASES. 
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TWINS IN A MARE. 
By Gulian C. Fagan, D.Y.S. 
This morning a case came under my charge that may be 
of some interest to you on account of its rarity. 
In August last a bay road mare about thirteen years old, 
was served by the thoroughbred stallion “ Blast,” and my 
services were solicited from time to time to examine the 
mare’s condition. Everything progressed nicely until early 
this morning, when the owner noticed the mare very uneasy 
and sent for me. 
On my arrival was surprised to find the mare had aborted 
twin foetuses (male and female); the combined weight of 
which was about fifty (50) pounds. Each foetus had its sep¬ 
arate membrane. 
The cause of the trouble could not be settled. The mare’s 
surroundings were as nearly perfect as could be. She was 
fed well and had nothing to annoy her, as she had a stable to 
herself. 
WAS IT GLANDERS ? IF SO, IS IT CURED ? 
By R. A. Stoule, D.Y.S., ^Barbados, West Indies. 
As this case is peculiar, as well as interesting, I would like 
the opinion of some other veterinary surgeons on it. To 
render my paper explicit, I must refer to some extent 
to an outbreak of glanders which occurred in the same stable 
as my patient. 
Some time ago, on September 18, 1889, eleven horses 
were landed here from New York, U.S. The morning fol¬ 
lowing two of them were sold at an early hour. A few 
hours later I was called in to see two of the horses, which 
were supposed to be suffering from severe colds. On examin¬ 
ing them I found both acutely glandered. I requested that 
they should be immediately destro}^ed. I examined all the 
others, but except slight elevation of temperature and a few 
peculiar looking lumps on off gluteal region in one horse I 
found nothing abnormal. 
September 23d I was again called and found the one with 
the ’lumps on the hip with small abscesses in the place the 
lumps had been and the lymphatics corded and leading down 
