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marked and the cause of death must be looked for in the condi¬ 
tion of the circulating fluid. I may add that about a week pre¬ 
viously I sent the man the carcase of a cow dead in the early stage 
of puerperal peritonitis. 
SPINAL MENINGITIS, THE RESULT OF COPULATION IN A 
PREVIOUSLY “VIRTUOUS” STALLION. 
By W. B. Rowland, D.V.S. 
The Case of which I make a report was a chestnut 
stallion 9 years old, 15.2 hands high. This horse is used daily as 
a gentleman’s roadster, and previous to this attack he was never 
known to have covered a mare. lie was taken from his stall on 
the night of June 28th and allowed to cover two mares, without 
the owner’s knowledge or consent. The groom informed me that 
he was “ well and hearty ” that evening. I learned that he was 
brought back in perfect condition, although a little excited. He 
was placed in his box stall and left for the remainder of the 
night. The next morning the groom came to me, saying that 
the horse was “ foundered ” and couldn’t get up. I saw him im¬ 
mediately and found him in the following condition: Sitting on 
his haunches and struggling violently to get up, which he was 
unable to do, owing to a paralysis of the abdominal extremities. 
Pulse feeble and accelerated, respiration about 40. He was 
helped up and placed in slings. His foeces and urine were re¬ 
moved; the latter was clear and apparently normal. Diagnosis, 
spinal meningitis. After he was fixed comfortably I also noticed 
a peculiar cramped condition of the triceps cruralis muscles of 
the off hind leg. 
_ object in writing this article for the Review is to ascer¬ 
tain whether or not this disease is common under similar circum¬ 
stances, and if not, to know whether any other members of my 
piofession have met similar cases. It may or may not be a bold 
assertion for a youngster in the profession like me, but I have 
ventured to express my opinion that copulation was the excitino- 
cause of spinal meningitis in this instance, ° 
