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breathing is still tranquil, but pulse is very tremulous. Since 
yesterday the mucous membranes, and also the general sur- 
face of the body, have become deeply tinged with a yellow 
colour. The seton and blisters have had no effect. Similar 
treatment to that of the preceding day was employed. 
27th. — The dog was found dead this morning. 
Post-mortem . — The viscera, generally, were found to be con- 
gested and of a yellow colour — every tissue being infiltrated 
with bile. 
The cause of death proved to be intussusception of the 
bowels ; a large portion of the ilium having got within the 
colon. The invaginated gut w T as completely disorganized, 
and the mucous membrane of the large intestines throughout 
was likewise sphacelated. The whole tract of the alimentary 
canal was void of faeculent matter. The kidneys were 
slightly enlarged, and more than usually friable, and the left 
kidney in particular was much discoloured on its external 
surface. The liver was greatly enlarged, but principally from 
congestion. Its texture was soft and easily broken down. 
The gall-bladder was distended with inspissated and black- 
coloured bile. The right side of the heart was distended 
w 7 ith blood, and the great vessels were filled with fibrinous 
clots, which had an appearance of being stained with bile. 
Remarks . — The man in charge of the hounds could not 
account for the illness of the animal. He had noticed it but 
a day or two before — but he admitted that this hound, con- 
jointly with three others, had taken, on the 16th ult., a large 
dose of sulphur. Half a pound of this mineral was mixed 
with some food, and given at three different times. The 
third time, however, it was refused by the dogs. This fatal 
accident would appear to have originated in hyper-catharsis, 
from an overdose of sulphur — the animal having taken at 
least one ounce and a half. It is somewhat strange that the 
illness was not noticed earlier, as the intussusception of the 
bowels, in all probability, quickly supervened upon the fatal 
dose. 
The coma was probably due alone to the biliary absorption. 
The impression created in the mind of the owner by the 
animal’s illness was that poison had been taken — accidentally 
or otherwise ; and when first brought under my notice the 
disease was too far advanced to admit of a positively correct 
diagnosis being made. 
