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advised to blister her, which he did on her nocks, and then he 
bred her and let her run till the colt was five months old. 
He then took her home in August, ’89, and she drove all 
right until he gave her a hard drive, which brought back her 
lameness. She got her leg through a hole in the stall about 
two years ago. This is the history as the owner gave it to me 
last August. 
On August 5th, 1890, I was called to go and see this mare, 
as she was having an attack of lung fever, and to come as soon 
as I could, as the mare was in a dying condition. After such 
a message I drove four miles in haste and found the mare 
standing in a box stall with a pulse of 60, and full, temperature 
102 0 , respiration 16. I could not find any lung trouble, still the 
visible mucus membranes were injected and I put her as I may 
say under expectant treatment, i. e. either to die or get better 
by the next day. 
On August 6th her temperature was 99^°, pulse 48, full, 
respiration 12. On the 7th the owner was anxious for me to 
see her again ; the symptoms were the same, and it was on 
this visit I £ot the historv of the case. I also had the mare 
trotted by the halter and she showed no signs of lameness. 
I noticed an atrophy of the muscles both sides of the croup 
and thigh, and asked how long they had been so; the owner 
said they had been growing small for some time, but on close 
inquiry he said it had been so for over a year. 
The next account I had of the animal was in September. 
The owner drove her about twenty miles and before he got 
her home she became lame and had an attack of colic; when 
she got to the stable she had another attack of colic, and I 
was sent for. On my arrival I found the mare standing up 
and in no pain, but she would lift her hind legs, first one and 
then the other, and put them down again without a stamp or 
striking at the belly or looking around, but just lift them with 
a little shake and put them down. There was only a boy at 
the stable when I went there, so I didn’t get the full history 
till afterwards. At the time of my arrival the temperature 
was 10 i°, pulse 60 and full, respiration 16. The animal was 
eating hay and was dried off ; it was about forty-five minutes 
