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quick and irritable, but not such as to indicate or warrant de- 

 pletion. Occasionally a quantity of the fluid contents of the 

 rumen were regurgitated through the nose and mouth ; almost, 

 it would appear, involuntarily. She also, at intervals, voided a 

 small quantity of commingled aqueous and mucous fluid per 

 anum ; although, as before remarked, from the moment she was 

 observed to be ill, not the smallest portion of ingesta passed 

 the abomasum, which, together with all the other stomachs, was 

 partially filled with food in a pultaceous state. 



" It appeared to me evident that the obstruction to the passage 

 was caused by spasmodic action of the pyloric orifice, the action 

 extending throughout the greater portion, or all, of the small 

 intestines. 



*' Will you favor me with your opinion as to the cause of the 

 circumscribed and intense inflammation of the villous coat of 

 the true stomach, and say if you think it arose from any chem- 

 ical irritant ? 



" The treatment consisted in the exhibition of spt. ammonias 

 aromatic with the carbonate ; aperients, and at last the chlo- 

 rides, but all proved inert, no benefit whatever accruing there- 

 from. Had I suspected spasm to such a marked extent, I 

 should certainly have given large doses of ext. belladonnse and 

 hyosciami, both in the form of enema and by the mouth. As it 

 was, my treatment was directed solely to the symptoms evinced ; 

 and when I found that all the usual remedies were of no avail, 

 as the animal was in high condition, I thought it best to have 

 her destroyed. 



" [The lining membrane of that portion of the alimentary 

 canal forwarded by Mr. Redwood, was throughout in a state of 

 congestion, presenting here and there depressed or cuplike 

 patches, which apparently resulted from ulceration, commencing 

 in the sub-mucous tissue. The ulceration had also penetrated, 

 in spots, the substance of the mucous membrane. This condi- 

 tion of parts is somewhat singular, and might have had its ori- 

 gin in the existence of some local irritant.]" 



