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3d day. Heifer is up and lias done well. I mention these 
two cases as both occurring on one farm the same day ; caused 
undoubtedly from protracted labor. Furthermore, such cases are 
not common among heifers. Both owned on a breeding farm and 
well cared for and well nourished. 
GENERAL MELAN2EMIA IN A VALUABLE STALLION. 
By A. D. Galbraith, D.V.S., (Greensburg, Ind.) 
I was call d October 23, 1885, by Mr. Buck Dickerson, horse¬ 
man of tiiis city, to see his noted trotting stallion Pilot Duroe, 
sire of a large number of flyers in this part of the country. 
The horse was a light iron gray, medium size, and twenty-one 
years old. He served mares in Kentucky the last season, was 
brought back home in the summer, and at the time the owner 
refused $2,500 for him. 
The history of the case is: about three weeks before I was 
called the horse seemed to be out of condition. Mr. Dickerson 
thought the trouble but slight and would pass off, but he gradu¬ 
ally grew worse and on the 23d of October Mr. Dickerson be¬ 
came alarmed and sent for me. I found the horse stupid,'breath¬ 
ing laboriously, and it caused him considerable pain to move; his 
pulse was about 80. temperature 105°; abdomen considerably 
distended, and cedematous swelling on the belly and sheath. 
Rectal examination revealed: First, an abnormal growth in 
the superior pelvic region above tjio rectum, from one to two inches 
thick, from two to three inches broad, and about eighteen inches 
in length. Second, in the posterior part of the abdominal cavity^ 
the hand came in contact with a tumor as large as a man’s head, 
which seemed to be attached to the sub-lumbar region, and other 
smaller growths could be reached ; all seemed to be very sensi¬ 
tive, and the examination was very painful to the horse. 
The distention of the abdomen proved to be caused by fluid. 
Diagnosis—Ascites, caused from melanotic growths in the ab¬ 
dominal cavity. Prognosis—fatal. 
As the case was an important one, I telegraphed my friend, 
