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RUPTURE OF THE STOMACH. 
that found between the larynx and the upper part of the 
trachea and the cervical vertebrae. 
OBSTRUCTION IN THE INTESTINES. 
By the Same. 
June 8 th, 1857. — An old, half-bred horse was observed to 
be suffering abdominal pain, to relieve which he was bled, and 
had a gripe-draught administered. I saw him by request on 
the following morning at about nine o’clock. He was then 
turned out, was eating grass, and appeared free from pain. 
I repeated my visit at four p.m , when I found him rolling 
about, looking back at his flanks, and evidently in great 
pain. The means usually adopted in these cases were put in 
requisition, but with little benefit. 
10th. — He refuses both food and water; backs himself 
against the side of the stable, and presses his breast against 
the door. At times he lies down and rolls, but occasionally 
places himself flat on his side. On attempting to get up, 
he sits on his haunches. The pulse is greatly accelerated, 
varying from 90 to 100 beats in a minute. The bowels 
are constipated, indeed no excrements are voided ; and in 
this state, strange to say, he lived till the 20th, when death 
put an end to his sufferings. 
Post-mortem examination . — The stomach was distended with 
the liquid and medicine which had been given, and in the 
jejunum a mass of half-masticated and half-digested vetches 
was found firmly impacted. It was as large and as hard as a 
cricket-ball, and covered with mucus ; while the intestine at 
this part was in a gangrenous condition. It was evident 
that no treatment would have sufficed to remove this hard 
and impacted mass. The colon was likewise much distended 
with a quantity of partially digested vetches . 
RUPTURE OF THE STOMACH. 
By the Same. 
June 28th, 1857. — A black cart-colt, three years old, was 
taken ill while at plough, at eleven p.m. ; he was, however, 
