300 DISEASES OF THE STOMACH. 



found, early in the morning of the 1st of May, "labouring 

 under an attack of the bowels/^ The animal experienced 

 great pain, cold sweats, quick pulse, &c. No veterinarian 

 attended. Oily purges and frequent clysters were exhibited 

 without giving relief. The horse died on the fifth day from 

 the first attack. About fifteen inches in extent of "the first 

 small gut were mortified.^^ — " The stomach was full, but its 

 contents were liquid, and at the lower extremity there was 

 a pendulous substance, which was plugged into the gut, 

 totally obstructing the passage. I am informed that the 

 animal was a remarkably healthy one, and apparently 

 suffered no inconvenience from the polypus, until it had formed 

 a mechanical obstruction to the pylorus. The pedicle is 

 rather tortuous, with an artery and two veins in the centre, 

 having an expanded origin, which becomes converged into a 

 firm cord, one inch in diameter and three long, terminating 

 obliquely in the body of the polypus, which is a firm flat 

 substance, weighing seven ounces and a quarter.^' 



