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REPORTS OF CASES. 
REPORTS OF CASES. 
* ‘ Careful observation makes a skillficlpractitioner , bid his skill dies with him. By re¬ 
cording his observations , he adds to the knowledge of his profession , and assists by his facts 
in building up the solid edifice of pathological science. ’ ’ 
ANTE AND POST-MORTEM REPORT OF A COET INFESTED WITH 
GASTROPHIEUS EQUI AND STRONGYLUS ARMATUS. 
By Wm. Schumacher. M. D. V., Stevens Point. Wis. 
The latter part of June I was called out to see a colt kept in 
a marshy pasture along the Wisconsin River. On arrival found 
a two-year-old fillv of good breeding, struppy looking, with very 
long hair, paying no attention to what was going on, chewing 
on grass in what seemed a semiconscious manner. The attend¬ 
ant reported that the filly had been found down on several occa¬ 
sions, unable to get up without assistance, and sometimes show¬ 
ing colicy symptoms. Examination showed the membranes dirty 
white, pulse 35 and almost imperceptible ; temperature 37 0 C., 
respiration 12 and very shallow ; evinces pain on palpation of 
abdomen ; peristaltic sounds two and one-half to three minutes 
apart. Diagnosis : Inanition anaemia due to poor food and 
worms. Told the owner to destroy the animal as I considered it 
in a dying condition. The owner decided to remove the fillv to 
his stable in the city, which was done by loading it on a wagon 
as it was unable to walk any distance. Was called again two 
days later and found it down in the stall. Another veterinarian 
had been treating it with large doses of tr. nux vomica and 
had placed it in a sling, but was unable to retain it in the ap¬ 
paratus. Told the owner again to destroy it and he finally con¬ 
sented. 
Post-mortem : Almost total absence of blood when cutting 
through the abdominal muscles and hardly any blood is found 
throughout. Gelatinous, yellowish infiltration of the subcutan¬ 
eous tissues. The bowels are of a bluish color, the walls about 
oue-eighth of an inch thick and contain only traces of food. 
The stomach contains about a pint of almost dry grass. Its 
walls are covered with the larvse of the Gctstrophylus equi as 
thick as shown in the illustration of “ Bull. No. 5, B. of A. I., 
1896.” The peritoneum is of a blue color and between the two 
layers are found pinworms, Strongylus armatus , in large num¬ 
bers. The kidneys are enclosed in a capsule of thick pus alive 
with the worms, which are also found in the kidney substance 
