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VOMITING 



false appearance in a dried stomach, from the folds of the 

 mucous membrane curling spirally when pressed upon by 

 the distending air. 



The sphincter which Bertin, Lafosse, Fluorens, and many 

 others have taken for granted as existing at the lower end of 

 the ossophagus of the horse, certainly does not exist. 



The pathological facts, which I have carefully collected and 

 examined, prove to me, firstly, that horses are liable to 

 vomiting, and may manifest the disposition at intervals, or 

 any time when the stomach becomes distended, if the mucous 

 membrane has space enough not to be thrown into folds at 

 the cardiac orifice. The subjoined cut indicates a dilatation 



Fig. 79. (COLT NT. i 



of the lower end of the oesophagus, which is indicated during 

 life by the troublesome and frequent rejection of the contents 

 of the stomach. There is no doubt, however, that in cases 

 of inordinate distention of the gastric cavity, especially 

 coupled with spasm of the duodenum, regurgitation occurs. 

 We had a case lately in the practice of the New Veterinary 



