REPORTS OF CASES. 
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REPORTS OF CASES. 
DISEASES EXISTING IN HORSES, WITHOUT MANIFEST SYMPTOMS. 
By R. Wood, Y.S., Lowell, Mass. 
{Continued from page 429, Vol. 2.) 
Case 4.—Gray mare, ten years of age, used in a provision 
wagon ; had been used by the same parties about four years, and 
always considered healthy. On this day she was used in carryall 
to church; on returning at noon she was allowed to roll on the 
grass near the stable, but after rolling, was unable to rise, be¬ 
came delirious, and died about three o’clock, P.M. The autopsy 
revealed several ulcerative spots, half an inch in diameter, at the 
base of cerebellum, also clots of blood. The immediate cause of 
deatli was apoplexy. 
Upon inquiry, I learned that this mare, for months previous, 
had often, while waiting in front of the store, apparently gone 
to sleep resting the weight of her head on the bridle, the owner 
attributing the apparent sleep to weariness, she being in every 
other way in perfect health, and able to work hard. The brain 
was shown to our eminent surgeon, Dr. Gilman Kimball, who re¬ 
marked, that had he not seen the specimen, he could not have 
believed that such an amount of disease could have existed and 
the animal be able to labor daily, without exhibiting symptoms 
which were positive of diseased condition of the brain. 
CASES OF RUPTURED LIVER. 
Case 5.—Large bay team horse, 12 years of age, was em¬ 
ployed at this time to draw logs out of the canal; during the 
afternoon had accidentally slipped and fallen on one of the logs; 
on rising, he, for a few moments, seemed hurt, but continued to 
work an hour or two more. On reaching the stable, manifested 
symptoms of pain. My attention being called, my brother, then 
