LACERATION OF THE ESOPHAGUS IN A COW. 135 
Sorcerer. Melbourn, a good horse, is the sire of Canegore, the 
best mare of her day : he is also sire of Prime Minister, second 
favourite for the ensuing Derby. 
So is the stallion Epirus : he was got by Langar ; Langar 
by Selim; and Selim by Buzzard — Woodpecker — Herod. 
Epirus is the sire of Pyrrhus the First, winner of the Derby ; 
he is also sire of the first favourite for the Derby this year. 
Bay Middleton, the property of Lord Clifden (sire of the 
Flying Dutchman), was a good horse ; he won the Derby, and 
was never beaten ; he was got by Sultan, and comes from the 
same paternal blood as Epirus. 
And thus you will perceive that an easy reference is obtained 
to the blood of any horse of the present day, at least on the 
paternal side. 
LACERATION OF THE ESOPHAGUS IN A COW. 
By W. Sanders, Student, Royal Veterinary College. 
To the Editor of u The Veterinarian 
Sir, — SHOULD you deem a brief history of the following 
case worthy of insertion in your valuable periodical, it is at 
your service. 
The subject is that of Laceration of the Esophagus, which 
took place under the following circumstances: — A young 
Alderney cow, the property of a coal-dealer near Redditch, in 
the county of Warwick, became choked, in March last, with a 
Swede turnip, which was found to be impacted about the termi- 
nation of the third of the cervical portion of the esophagus. 
The owner immediately sent for a person whom he had been in 
the habit of employing but who, not having a proper probang, 
substituted a common ash stick. After some difficulty, the ob- 
struction in this way was removed. In the course of a fort- 
night the neck was found much swollen, and the animal not 
only evinced a great deal of pain, but sometimes, as I was in- 
formed, appeared as though threatened with suffocation. It 
was supposed that the esophagus must be ruptured, in con- 
sequence of, as it appeared, a considerable portion of food 
having protruded between the muscles of the neck, just anterior 
to the sternum. A small orifice was made through the skin, 
and a portion of the food (for food it proved to be) removed. 
The cow continued to get worse for several days, and putre- 
faction had apparently commenced. The attendant now’ advised 
