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discolored, were hanging from the vulva. The foetus was found 
in a false position, which was readily eorrected and the mare 
easily delivered. The foetus was hairless, apparently of about 
eight months gestation. The afterbirth was removed, the uterus 
irrigated with carbolized water, and the patient comfortably 
housed. She apparently was doing well, ate moderately, and 
seemed safely on the road to recovery, until on the morning of 
the 9th she was found dead in her stall. Autopsy revealed all 
organs except the generative apparently healthy. The uterus 
was enlarged, swollen and contained a large amount of a dirty, 
foetid, watery excretion, while in the os and vagina were large 
masses of tough, foetid, dirty, yellowish, croupous exudate. 
During the ineffectual labor of the patient she was in com¬ 
pany with some fifteen other pregnant mares. These were 
promptly removed to new quarters, and each mare received 
a vaginal injection of a solution of corrosive sublimate, i-iooo, 
to be followed daily with a sponging of the vulva, tail and sur¬ 
rounding parts with the same solution. 
During the nights of Tebruary 26, 27 and 28 each, a mare 
aborted without having presented any signs of approaehing 
trouble when left for the night, and the first intimation of the 
loss was the finding of the dead foetuses in the stalls on the fol¬ 
lowing mornings, the mares in each case being apparently well. 
The aborted mares were promptly removed to other premises, 
the foetuses and membranes safely disposed of, the bedding 
cleared away and burned, the stalls fumigated by burning sul¬ 
phur, and closed against other animals, and the spongings of 
the vulva and tail of the remaining pregnant mares renewed 
and carried out twice daily. 
A few days later another mare, not known to have been in 
contact with those which had aborted, required aid in expelling 
a dead foetus, and although carefully watched, developed severe 
metritis after forty-eight hours, which yielded to treatment. 
The abortions ceased at this point, and in the course of a few 
weeks healthy foals were dropped as the remaining pregnant 
mares completed their periods of gestation. 
