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REPORTS OF CASES. 
days later was called to his farm, where I went in company with 
Dr. W. R. Dorsey, of Bellview, Ky. Signalment: Brown, general 
purpose mare, 15 % hands high, twenty years old. Anamnesis: 
Was said to be kk wormy ” and lazy; for several months had been 
given a patent worm medicine, but condition didn’t improve and 
she was turned to pasture. Symptoms: Much emaciated hind 
limbs and ventral part of abdomen, very oedemitous, udder 
greatly swollen and painful, causing a stradling gait. Tempera¬ 
ture 104.6 (F). Pulse 94, respirations greatly accelerated. 
Mucous membrane slightly icteric, appetite somewhat capricious. 
Hard difficulty in milking her due to the smallness of the teats. 
Owner said she had never been to a stallion. This explains, per¬ 
haps, the rudimentary development of the teats. 
Diagnosis —Mastitis, from retention of milk; the secretion 
perhaps caused by something injected at pasture which in its cir¬ 
culation had stimulated the lactiferous cells to functionate. There 
were no abrasions of any sort on the udder. 
AN EXTRAORDINARY FREAK OF NATURE. 
The accompanying cut was made from a photograph of a 
calf that was sent to one of our advertisers for preservation, com¬ 
ing from Ashland, Ky., where, we understand, the case came un¬ 
der the care of Veterinarian Fanning, of that place. The history 
is, that the cow was dehorned while carrying the calf (at what 
month of pregnancy we have not yet learned), and that a negro 
held her head while the horns were being cut off; and it is sug¬ 
gested that the likeness to a negro child’s head is the result of a 
maternal impression received by the cow at that time? 
