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inner surface of the off-thigh and beneath the fetlock were abra¬ 
sions that had cut deeply into the skin, but were healing kindly 
when I saw them. No other injuries were detected. During the 
first five days his appetite was good; he drank well and had 
regular movements of the bowels, but the urine—which was ex¬ 
creted in apparently normal quantities—was darkly colored as 
though with blood. Tins condition of the urine lasted for a few 
days and then cleared up. 
From a critical examination of the patient I could not deter¬ 
mine that he had suffered from any other injuries than those 
named above, if we except the probable injury to the loins as a 
cause for the dark colored urine. An external and rectal exami- 
tion of the lumbar region revealed no lesions nor symptoms of 
injury at the time I was called. 
On the fifth or sixth day the patient began to get worse, the 
breathing becoming rapid, thirst increasing, the appetite failing, 
and the animal growing very uneasy in the slings. It was evi¬ 
dently about this time that pneumonia set in. When I visited 
him I found him standing in slings which nearly raised him from 
his feet, making efforts every few minutes to relieve the constric¬ 
tion of his chest by advancing the hind feet well forward as seen 
in taminitis, and then by force of muscular contraction support¬ 
ing the chest for a few moments free from the tightly-drawn 
slings. 
The heart was beating so rapidly and faintly that it was impos¬ 
sible to count its strokes ; the respirations were above thirty to the 
minute, the temperature at 108 degrees Fahrenheit, and the body 
bedewed with cold sweat. The extremities were quite cold, the 
mucous membrane blue, and the breath fetid. In fact, the animal 
was dying from gangrene of the lungs, probably induced from 
the misuse of the slings which had been employed undoubtedly 
with the best intentions. 
That more misery could be produced from a mistaken kindness 
than was seen in this case can scarcely be conceived, while the 
economy that suggested the calling of a veterinarian only when 
the animal had reached the period of dissolution, is one that, in 
this case at least, resulted in disaster. 
