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REPORTS OF CASES. 
Dr. O. W. Snyder, of Kushville, twenty miles north of me, who 
arrived, and upon examining the case confirmed the above. 
As the owner wanted the faithful old stallion kept alive as 
long as possible, I put him under digitalis, alcohol and nutritious 
diet, also laxatives, using astringent applications to the enlarge¬ 
ments on belly and sheath. The horse improved. On the 24th, 
pulse 60; temperature 103°; on the 25th, pulse 50; temperature 
101°; on the 26th, pulse about normal; temperature normal. 
The distention of the abdomen seemed to be lessening until about 
the 2d or 3d of November, when he began to rapidly fill again, 
and on the 4th I performed paracentesis-abdorainis and allowed 
twenty gallons, actual measure, of fluid to escape, about, three- 
fourths of all, which relieved him considerably at the time. The 
fluid was about the color of highly colored urine. The horse did 
well, considering that, up to the 12th, when he filled and weak¬ 
ened rapidly and was bloated over the lower part of the body and 
extremities. His appetite was reasonably good up to the 14th, 
after which he ate no more. On Sunday morning, the 15th, he 
expired. I did not get to hold a post-mortem until Monday 
morning, when he was enormously swollen and smelled very 
badly. 1 laid open the entire abdominal and thoracic cavities. 
The abdominal cavity contained not less than twenty gallons of 
dark brown fluid. The peritoneum mesentery was a complete 
mass of melanotic deposit, from one to two inches thick. The 
kidneys were covered with the growth and a great many deposits 
through them, they both containing from one to two ounces of 
dark yellow pus. The spleen was enlarged and contained a mass 
of melanotic growths. The liver was also covered and contained 
melanotic deposits. 
The large tumor found before death was as large as a man’s 
head and weighed twelve pounds and was attached to the sub- 
lumbar region. The first growth found was as previously de¬ 
scribed. There were not less than fifty pounds of melanotic 
growths in the abdominal cavity. The thoracic cavity was nor¬ 
mal, so far as could be made out. The cadaver was in a very bad 
condition, from laying too long, and it was impossible to make a 
minute post-mortem. 
