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August 3.—Pulse, 40 ; temperature, 101 3-5 ; respiration, 20. 
The mare appears better; alcoholic stimulants resumed. 
August 5.—Pulse, 40 ; respiration, 30 ; temperature, 100 2-5. 
The urine and faeces about normal. A slough has taken place 
over the iliums, to which sulphur and alum has been applied. 
The hair over the body is peeling off, leaving a smooth black sur¬ 
face. 
August 15.—Pulse, 36; respiration, 18; temperature, 100. She 
feeds well and takes an hour’s exercise every day ; very fine hair 
is beginning to appear over the body. 
September 1—Mare turned to pasture. 
October 1—She was put to work; the hairs of the mane and 
tail have come out. The body is covered with a light brown hair. 
This, gentleman, is the end of the case which it was my pur¬ 
pose at the outset to present. But, in conclusion, I will abridge 
from my note-book the fate of the mare. On the evening of 
December 5th, the owner, in attempting to pass a ca'theter, lost it, 
and at two o’clock of the following morning, December 6th, I was 
called to visit the mare and, if possible, recover the instrument. 
On examination, I found the bladder punctured in two places. 
The animal was at once destroyed. In the post-mortem made at 
three a. m., by the uncertain light of a lantern, I found the mes¬ 
entery and colon ruptured and a rectal tube nineteen inches in 
length which had been used for a catheter, lying at the posterior 
face of the diaphragm. My purpose, now, gentlemen, in thus 
minutely describing the history of this case and treatment, has 
been to receive and not to impart knowledge. I have once more 
come as a scholar from my village to this metropolis. Was this a 
case of azoturia, associated with influenza or some form of lung 
trouble ? or, was it inflammation of the kidneys and spasms of the 
neck of the bladder induced by large doses of cantharidis ? or, 
did it arise from long continued and improper administration of 
medicines ? 
