REPORTS OF CASES. 
601 
History .—This mare was of a large draft type, about nine 
years old, and had foaled in the pasturage some thirty-six hours 
before, and when found in the morning she showed no evidence 
of having had a difficult labor and the colt was up nursing; she 
was caught-up and put in a large box stall and allowed to run in 
a small lot when she chose; she was allowed an abundance of 
hay, also a light grain ration. Both mare and colt seemed to be 
doing well up to this time and the owner had gone in to feed her 
as usual about six o’clock; when he left she was eating, but 
on returning about an hour later he found her getting up and 
down covered with sweat and having repeated spasms all over 
her body; and when he ’phoned me he was very anxious that I 
should “ come right away.” 
Symptoms .—When I arrived an hour later the aggravated 
symptoms with which the disease had been ushered in, had some¬ 
what abated, and she was in a recumbent position and did not 
seem to be suffering much pain; the sweating had also ceased, 
but she had only partly dried off and the body was cold. Her 
expression was anxious and painful, the mucous membranes were 
only slightly injected, pulse fast and weak, temperature normal, 
respiration only slightly above normal; she would put her head 
around to her side as though suffering some abdominal pain, 
when down she would lie in a recumbent position. She remained 
in this condition for about an hour, during which time, only 
slight spasms were noticed, principally about the head, neck and 
flank, but in about forty minutes she became quite restless and 
commenced to sweat freely, getting up and down and had rather 
violent spasms; these symptoms continued until she was relieved 
by the following mixture in medium sized doses: Belladonna, 
hoscyamus and canabus indica. When relief was apparent the 
mixture was discontinued; but in this case, after the treatment 
was discontinued for a few hours, the symptoms developed again, 
but would subside after a few doses of the above mixture was 
given. And this continued for the three following days, after 
which the mare regained her normal condition. During this time 
she consumed considerable of the above drugs. I am not offer¬ 
ing this case as something new, but I am quite sure I have lost a 
few mares with this disease by not knowing what it was, and 
perhaps others have, too. The above treatment is the one recom¬ 
mended by Prof. Williams, excepting that the hoscyamus was 
not included in his treatment. 
