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in flesh, and evinced pain on being moved ; there was a paleness 
of the visible mucous membrane; respiration slightly increased, | 
which latter I attributed to the distention of the abdomen press¬ 
ing against the diaphragm. Iron, nucis vomicae and gentians 
were prescribed, but was told afterward they produced little 
change for the better. 
I was again called on October 17th, as her owner felt sure 
she was about to die. On examination, pneumonia of the right 
lung, complicated by pleurisy, was the diagnosis. Her functions 
were, temperature, lOlj 0 ; pulse, 96 ; respiration, 42. No treat¬ 
ment was ordered as her owner was away, and during the night 
the animal died. 
At the request of Mr. Pendleton a post-mortem was held, to 
determine whether the mare was with foal, as it would decide if 
he could recover the $50.00 service fee of the horse. 
On opening the thoracic cavity the condition of the right 
lung, pleuritic adhesions and the enormous effusion, confirmed 
the diagnosis which had been made. Tiie uterus was next exam¬ 
ined ; the ovaries, fallopian tubes and horns, were in a normal con¬ 
dition ; and on making an incision into the uterus, a fine large foal 
was discovered, enclosed in its membrane, healthy in every way, 
and evidently dead but a short time ; this foetus was six and 
a half months old. After removing it from the placenta, a black 
mass still remained in the uterus, which set me conjecturing, ere 
removing it, as to what abnormality could exist in this location. 
I removed the mass, incised the soot-colored membrane, and 
found a perfectly mummified foetus, also of a soot color, well de¬ 
veloped, except the frontal bone. Hoofs well formed ; hair on 
eyelids and upper and lower lips; length, from occipital bone to 
root of tail, thirteen to fourteen inches ; eyes badly shrunken, 
nothing remaining but the lids covering the openings. 
According to Fleming, the foetus is fourteen to twenty-two 
weeks old. I have both foetuses in specimen jars, and were it 
not such a long way to New York, your museum should have 
them, provided you considered the case sufficiently interesting. 
The mare at the time of her death was fifteen years old, 
never sick a day in her life, except a touch of pink-eye, the form 
of influenza which was so prevalent here at one time. 
