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rolled a few times, got up and began to graze, and all seemed to 
be right for about three hours, when signs of uneasiness were again 
noticed; soon she laid down on her right side, looked around 
toward her flank and groaned a few times. This lasted for about 
five minutes, when she got up, began eating as before, thus pass¬ 
ing the day with intervals of uneasiness as stated above. 
Second day, could see no change, except about every two hours 
she was taken down similarly to day before. 
Third day, the only change noticed was that the interval of 
quietude was still growing shorter and symptoms a little more 
urging. When I saw her at nine o’clock p. m., of the same day, 
she was in a large roomy stable, eating hay at the rack, and at 
first sight did not seem to be anything wrong. Examination 
showed temperature 101°, pulse 50 and strong, mammary glands 
hard and tense, general appearance very good. 
.At this time she was again taken down. She showed no labor 
pains, but acted very much as if suffering from colic. Knowing 
that to be one of the sequels of pregnancy, gave prescription of 
opiates, directions to give as symptoms required, and to be fed 
mashy food. Told the owner to observe closely, as she might 
possibly have trouble at time of parturition. 
Three days later I was again sent for. the owner stating that 
no labor pains had been noticed, but that she was still growing 
worse—quit eating. Examination revealed serious trouble. Tem¬ 
perature 103°, pulse 90 and very weak ; hurried respiration, flanks 
tucked up, and in attempting to lie down did so with all the 
care possible. Mammae soft and flabby; made a vaginal exam¬ 
ination, hand passing very readily; found the os-uteri closed; by 
a little manipulation was able to dilate it sufficiently to allow the 
passage of my hand (at this time uterine contractions were no¬ 
ticed for the first time, though they were not very forcible ;) pass¬ 
ing along still further, my hand was stopped very abruptly, and 
in a few moments made a diagnosis of right torsion of the neck 
of the uterus. I gave an unfavorable prognosis; the animal was 
destroyed; my diagnosis confirmed by afternoon, which revealed 
a complete turn of the uterus on its axis, with extensive lesions 
of metro-peritonitis. The colt had evidently been dead for some 
