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after she got back to the stable before I saw her, and 1 noticed 
in feeling of her hind legs that they were cold, and I told the 
boy to apply bandages. By this time the owner had arrived 
and I told him that I thought the horse had arterial trouble, 
that I would come some day when he wished and would see 
her driven. On Oct. 29th I was again called to see the mare; 
she was in the stable and had not been driven for two days; 
pulse 48, temperature 99, respiration 10. The mare was har¬ 
nessed and the owner and myself rode. She was not lame on 
starting, but after we had gone an eighth of a mile she became 
lame. We drove about two miles and 1 thought she would 
fall before we could get her back to the stable. When we did 
get back her nostrils were distended. From her head to about 
midway of the lumbar region she was covered with prespira- 
tion, so much so that it ran off her and made puddles on the 
floor. From about the middle of the lumbar region to her 
croup and hind legs, and between her thighs, and under the 
flanks, it was perfectly dry and she would lift as before, first 
one hind leg and then the other. When the harness was re¬ 
moved I took her temperature; it was 103°, pulse 90, full and 
hard, respiration 60, visible mucus membrane highly congested, 
eyes straining, hind extremities cold. 
I made a rectal examination and detected a clot about 2% 
inches anterior to the bifurcation of the illiacs ; on pressure she 
evinced pain; the pulsation felt as though you were trying to 
force a large volume of water through a small hose; every 
pulsation seemed to go, Zip ! Zip !! I followed the course of 
the illiacs and found the same thing. After the animal had 
been standing an hour, the temperature was 101°, pulse 58, 
respiration 16. I diagnosed embolism and advised the de¬ 
struction of the animal, which the owner consented to, and she 
was sent to my place to be destroyed, Oct. 29th, and an 
autopsy to be made. The owner, however, changed his mind. 
The next day took her back and subsequently wrote me two 
letters, giving me to understand that my diagnosis might be 
erroneous, saying that she was under treatment, that she had 
a large abscess on the loins, that she was improving, etc. etc. 
and brief. On Nov. 19th I was again called to see the mare, 
