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intestines attenuated ; and at the upper extremity of the 
rectum was firmly impacted a mass, consisting of layers of 
lime and fine cinders, which had become so hard as to require 
a spade to divide it : no nucleus existed in it. 
I confess I was not a little surprised to find such slight 
traces of inflammation pervading the intestinal canal. 
RUPTURED STOMACH OF A COLT. 
By the Same. 
A somewhat similar case of ruptured stomach in a 
weaning colt, to that recorded by Mr. W. Taylor, in a recent 
number of your Journal, occurred in my practice on the 
16 th of November last. 
A cart-colt, 7 months old, was purchased by Mr. E. Jones, 
of Downton, at New Radnor Fair for £16. A few days 
previous, on arriving at his new quarters, he was placed with 
other colts into some good keep, and on the day before men- 
tioned, at 7 a.m., his owner noticed him lying down, and 
occasionally “ squatting” on his haunches. I was sent for, 
and soon arrived at the farm. On entering the field I saw 
the colt up and pawing the ground violently with bis fore 
feet alternately. The prominent symptoms otherwise were 
accelerated respiration, discharge of frothy matter from the 
mouth, frequent eructations, pulse 4 5 per minute, and the 
abdomen painful on the application of pressure to it. After 
watching him for about 10 minutes, I proceeded to diagnose 
the case ; and believing it to be rupture either of the dia- 
phragm or stomach, I refrained from adopting any treatment, 
being convinced it would be useless. At 6 p.m. the owner 
sent a messenger to inform me that the colt was dead, and 
- on the following morning I made a post-mortem examination , 
when I found the whole of the viscera of the chest and abdo- 
men, with the exception of the stomach, healthy. In this 
last-named viscus was a rent of nearly six inches in length ; 
and its contents, consisting of masticated hay and grass, had 
escaped, and were intermingled with the intestines. 
