DISEASE OF THE HEART. 
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sated bile. The sac, together with the stomach, I put into 
spirits at the request of the owner of the pony, to be for- 
warded to a friend in or near London for inspection. 
The above case is not devoid of interest. In the first place, 
it goes to show that all lamenesses are not dependent upon 
disease in the limb; that internal complaints will produce 
lameness to a certain extent ; and it also causes practitioners 
to hesitate before giving an opinion when asked to do so. 
In the next place, it proves to us that an animal will live a 
long time although important organs are suffering from in- 
tense disease. Should the morbid specimens undergo analy- 
sation, perhaps some light may be thrown upon this, to me, 
unaccountable case. 
p. s. — My time is much taken up in professional business. 
I have but little time for scribbling, and must therefore beg you 
to accept any paper I hastily send you, more for your own pri- 
vate use than for public reading. In the infancy of our art, and 
to a writer upon such subjects, I have thought any paper 
of interest may be not altogether unacceptable. If deemed 
of no interest consign it to the flames at once. 
I am sir, yours truly. 
Waterford; Sept. 13, 1853. 
*** A curious case, giving rise to more conjectures than 
one. Perhaps, more particulars about it may come to light. 
— Ed. Vet. 
DISEASE OF THE HEART WITH BRONCHIAL IRRITATION. 
By R. P. Foster, V.S. Spalding. 
Sir, — I f you' think the following paper worth a corner in 
your valuable Journal it is at your pleasure. 
On the 26th of August I was called upon to attend an 
aged grey pony, the property of Mr. Lawrence, resident 7 miles 
from this place, which was suddenly taken ill with apparent 
symptoms of colic, for which the owner attempted to give 
medicine ; but without effect. He then got the assistance of a 
neighbour to abstract blood; which was done with great 
difficulty, the animal being very restless. The symptoms 
when I arrived, were — I found him frequently lying down, 
partly rising again, and sitting upon his haunches ; but I 
was told he was not so bad as before being bled. Ears and 
mouth cold ; pulse imperceptible at the jaw ; loss of sight ; 
