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after the attack she foaled a healthy colt; through the care¬ 
lessness of the attendant the colt became chilled by being al¬ 
lowed to lie in the water which came to it, and died in thirty- 
six hours. The mare refused to get up ; was then placed in 
slings, and during her endeavors to stand ruptured the ten¬ 
don of the flexor pedis perforatus of the right hind foot from 
its insertion. She was then destroyed. 
Treatment. —Consisted of stimulants and salicylate of soda 
and nitrate of potash. There was an improvement up to the 
time of foaling, but at that time the symptoms became aggra¬ 
vated. 
Case III. 
History. —Bay mare, age unknown, had given birth to a 
healthy foal three weeks prior to my being called. Foal 
healthy at present time (seven months old). 
Surroundings. —Ventilation imperfect; banked barn ; walls 
dry ; fed on millet hay two-thirds headed out; oats, three 
quarts. 
Symptoms. —Found the animal lying down ; endeavored to 
get up by the use of slings; would not bear any weight on 
hind legs; pain upon pressure of any of the joints of hind 
leg and also in gluteal region ; temperature, 104° F.; respira¬ 
tion, 20; pulse, 70 ; rigors and distressed appearance. 
After thirty-six hours’ treatment the attendant attempted 
to raise the mare and let her drop, killing her almost in¬ 
stantly. During the struggle she ruptured the gastrocnemi¬ 
us externus from its insertion, allowing the summit of the 
os calcis to protrude through the skin. 
Post-Mortem. 
I held a post-mortem on both of the hind legs, and found 
them essentially the same in morbid appearances. I will de¬ 
scribe the lesions as they occurred in the left hind leg, those 
of the right leg being fully as severe. The insertion of the 
abductor magnus was torn from its attachment, and carried 
with it particles of bone ; the portion of bone which was re¬ 
moved was nearly circular in shape, a little pointed at the 
upper extremity, and in all covered about one and one-half 
