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not before been used. The horse was fed liberally on beans 
and oats, and on the following morning was again put to 
work to draw bricks. After being at work a short time, he 
suddenly staggered, fell, and died. 
On making a post-mortem examination , the stomach was 
found to be very much distended with undigested oats and 
beans, mixed with which was a very large quantity of extra- 
neous substances, similar to these I send you, and which, as 
you will perceive, consist of stones, pieces of coal, carpenter’s 
nails, and buttons. These things had, without doubt, been 
incautiously left in the newly-made manger, and the horse’s 
corn being thrown in amongst them, the animal being hungry 
and low in condition, swallowed them with his food. It is 
somewhat singular that no symptoms of choking were ob- 
served ; and it is probable that death was caused by paralysis 
of the stomach, induced by the presence of so large a mass 
of indigestible matter. 
EXTRAORDINARY ENLARGEMENT OF THE LIVER 
OF A COW FROM THE PRESENCE OF HYDATIDS. 
By J. B. Gregory, M.R.C.V.S., Petworth. 
The morbid parts I send were taken from a well-bred 
short-horned cow, six years old, estimated to weigh, when fat, 
1 25 stones of 8 lbs. She was purchased in August last, 
with a warranty to calve in November following. On Sep- 
tember 2d her owner called on me, and wished me to give 
her some medicine, as he thought she was not quite re- 
covered from the effects of being driven sixteen miles. The 
medicine I sent had a beneficial effect, as the cow’s appetite 
returned, and she appeared to be quite well again. After 
this I heard no more of her until 6th January last, when I 
was requested to go and give my opinion as to her being in 
calf, it being two months beyond the time she was expected to 
calve. I found that her appetite and rumination were na- 
tural ; the pulse regular, and the kidneys and bowels acting 
well. There was, however, a peculiar expression of her counte- 
nance that told of continuous pain, her eyes also were sunk in 
their orbits, and she had a frequent and troublesome cough. 
Her skin likewise had lost its pliancy, and she was sadly out 
of condition, but no yellowness of the mouth or eyes was pre- 
sent. I first examined her abdomen externally, by percussing 
