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ANIDIAN MONSTER. 
Prognosis . — Unfavorable. I ventured, however, on a small 
bloodletting, but found, as anticipated, that he could not bear 
the loss of blood. Afterwards I threw up an enema of castor 
oil, and applied a blister to the belly. The medicine which 
was given was presently ejected from the stomach, and no 
sedative agent which I tried during the day would allay the 
irritability of this organ In the evening, there being no dimi- 
nution in the severity of the symptoms, I re-blistered the ab- 
domen, and gave a turpentine enema. Contrary to my expecta- 
tion, he lived through the night, but died early the next day. 
Post-mortem examination . — With the exception of the viscera 
of the abdomen, no disease was found. The stomach, 
throughout its whole inner surface, was intensely inflamed, 
but its peritoneal coat was not much affected. On turning 
the intestines on one side, I observed that, for about six 
inches of the length of the small ones, they were in a spha- 
celitic condition, and contained what I supposed might be a 
calculus, but w hich proved to be a pebble, about the size and 
shape of a bantam’s egg. It weighed a little over tw o ounces, 
avoirdupois. The liver, spleen, and pancreas were congested, 
but otherw ise healthy, as were also the urinary organs. This 
dog had been taught to run after stones when thrown to a 
distance, and to bring them back in his mouth ; and we may 
readily suppose, that picking one up in a hurry, it slipped 
down his throat. The sphacelitic portion of the intestine 
with the stone in it very much resembled a drawing of a 
similar case w 7 hich Professor Simonds used to refer to in his 
lectures during my pupilage, and w hich is published, wdth 
the illustration, in Professor Morton’s work on 6 Calculous 
Concretions.’ 
AN ANIDIAN MONSTER OCCURRING IN A 
SHEEP. 
By the Same. 
March 3d, 1856, I w 7 as requested by Gilbert John Ansley, 
Esq., of this place, to examine a curiously- shaped lamb, which 
had been removed from a ew 7 e after death. It was without either 
head or tail, w hich induced the shepherd to believe that its 
head would be found in the interior of its body. It measured 
about twmfeet in length and sixteen inches across its greatest 
part; and weighed nearly two stones and a half. It had 
rudimental legs, but which were not more than four inches 
long, and none of them had any toes or digits. Its general 
