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has quite recovered. I believe this to be rather an uncom¬ 
mon condition, and have no doubt that the bladder was 
forced inside out during parturition; also that it was owing 
to the extreme debility of the mare that such a condition oc¬ 
curred, as the mare had been worked very hard up to the 
day before parturition.— Ibid. 
RUPTURE OF STOMACH. 
By John E. Miller, M.R.C Y.S., Keyingham. 
On the 31st of January I was called to attend a cart mare. 
It had been all right at 6 o’clock in the morning, taken its 
usual feed, and went to work on a plough with its fellow 
horse. The feed consisted of chopped food with Indian corn. 
At 8 o’clock the animal showed signs of gripes, and I was 
called to attend. 
The animal was uneasy, pawing with the fore feet and 
frequently wanting to lie down ; the breathing was hurried 
and there was heaving at the flanks. Pulse quickened, ears 
warm, mucous membrane not much disturbed, and curling of 
the lip. The animal had not passed any dung. I proceeded 
with the following treatment: I gave the animal an ordinary 
colic drink, containing a solution of aloes ; I called to see my 
patient an hour later when it seemed no better, so I then gave 
a dose of chloral hydrate. At noon she was no better and 
could not be kept on her feet from pain. She continued to 
roll about, the breathing was more quickened and heaving of 
flanks more pronounced, whilst membranes had become highly 
colored. I then took about two quarts of blood from her, 
after which she gave another roll and got up again, and 
standing with her legs apart commenced to perspire pro¬ 
fusely—as if some one was turning water on her. Her 
countenance was anxious and she looked round to the side of 
her chest. After that she made several attempts to go down, 
but was afraid to do so. In about half an hour later she went 
down suddenly and died right out. 
On post-mortem I found the stomach ruptured towards the 
pyloric orifice, some of the contents of the stomach among 
