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REPORTS OF CASES 
on it, I separated the head and neck from the body, and by 
attaching- a rope to the neck and with two hooks thrQugh the 
skin and by three men pulling, we pulled ont the head and 
neck. Then I got the two hooks into the trunk and pulled 
the rest of the foetus out. 
I gave the cow three ounces of alcohol and half a pint of 
water and a pail of warm slops, covered her warmly, and left 
her with directions for more alcohol about evening. 
The cow is doing well, feeds well, and is milking good. 
A PECULIAR CASE. 
By H. B. Pratt, V.S., St. Louis, Mo. 
Monday, Oct. 6th, at 5 p. m. I had a call to go twelve miles 
to see a sick mare. The owner having come in on the train, he 
rode back with me. It gave me a good opportunity to get 
the history of the case, which 1 had a hard time in doing, and 
only did so by relating cases that had come under my obser¬ 
vation. It had the effect of carrying my employer’s thoughts 
back further than I could have otherwise. He had kindly in¬ 
formed me his mare was paralyzed ; that her feed was good 
corn (eight to twelve ears), hay and when not in use would 
turn her out on the grass ; he drove and rode her a great deal; 
was known as the best road animal in the neighborhood ; had 
owned her five years and was never sick. On Tuesday, Sept. 
30th, came to town; she was fed, as he was informed, a nice 
bran mash ; she had never had a feed of that kind since he 
owned her. Starting home she showed a looseness of the 
bowels, and he recollected that she seemed fuller than usual; 
did not show any pain. Next day, Oct. 1st, did not use her, 
and he thinks she ate her food ; did not see anything unusual. 
Oct. 2d he rode her ; the only thing he could see was that she 
did not walk as fast as usual. Oct. 3d he did not like the 
way she acted when urinating; would step around, and, as he 
said, dance a jig. He led her two miles to the neighborhood 
horse doctor. He said ‘*Your mare has a slight attack of paraly¬ 
sis, and will be all right in a day or sorubbed her back and 
gave a small quantity of medicine. * Oct. 4th would pick 
