80 HYDATIDS FOUND AMONG THE MUSCLES OF A HORSE. 
On removing the viscera, a considerable portion of the colon 
was found to be gangrenous, with a rupture of six or eight 
inches in it, in length, the coats around the rupture being 
much thickened from infiltration. Parts of the small intes- 
tines exhibited inflammation. The stomach was distended 
with food, and contained a large number of bots adherent to 
its cuticular lining. A small quantity of ingesta had escaped 
into the abdomen ; but no marks of peritoneal inflammation 
existed. In the diaphragm, situate inferiorly, and on the left 
side, w f as an irregular opening of about four inches in extent, 
w r hose edges were ragged and attenuated. The gangrenous 
portion of colon, when in situ , passed directly over the 
opening in the diaphragm. The other viscera were healthy. 
Remarks . — The question which would appear to present 
itself in this case, is, at w hat period did the diaphragmatic 
rupture take place ? Was it the result of the fall, and con- 
nected with the two attacks of spasm, and also with the 
attack which proved fatal? or w r as it subsequent to death, 
caused by the extreme distension of the intestines? The 
latter is most probable ; for, to account for the gangrenous 
portion of intestine, as connected with the rupture in the 
diaphragm, strangulated hernia must have existed, or been 
relieved by rupture of the confined gut, and faecal matter 
therefore found in the thoracic cavity, neither being dis- 
covered ; added to which the lacerated edges of the diaphragm 
were not in the least indurated or rounded. 
King William’s Town, Cape of Good Hope; 
October 2, 1853. 
HYDATIDS FOUND AMONG THE MUSCLES OF 
A HORSE. 
By Samuel Peech, M.R.C.V.S., Wentworth. 
Dear Sir, — I have forwarded to you, by railway, ajar con- 
taining several globular productions (there were double the 
quantity), for which I am unable to explain the cause. 
Several years ago, a carriage horse belonging to a lady in this 
neighbourhood, received a serious injury in one shoulder, 
said to be from a violent collision. By treatment the horse 
was enabled to work in the farm, which he did very well . A 
w T eek or two ago, it was decided that he should be shot, and 
I requested that the bones of the shoulder should be taken 
care of for my inspection. Two days ago, I received the 
muscles of the shoulder, in consequence of the person who 
