INTUSSUSCEPTION OF THE ILIUM. 
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the ears, legs, skin, mouth, and even the tongue, very cold; 
the eyes dull, and her head resting on the straw. I gave her 
stimulants internally, and also used them externally on her 
back and sides; and had her clothed well up. She, however, 
died early in the afternoon. 
On a post-mortem examination , 1 found nothing at the first 
glance to account for death. I had been prepared for intense 
hemorrhage. There w T as slight adhesion of the lungs on the 
near side; the internal membrane of the abomasum was 
likewise slightly inflamed, as was also that of the uterus ; all 
the stomachs and intestines were full of food ; the gall-bladder 
was distended w ith bile, and the liver appeared to be healthy, 
but on cutting into it I at once found w^hat appeared to me to 
have been the cause of death, namely, ossification in the 
interior of the hepatic duct, which entirely prevented the 
passage of the bile. I have sent you a small portion of the 
duct, but there were parts which were completely closed. 
The most extraordinary feature in the case, in my opinion, 
was the perfect absence of discoloration of the membranes, &c., 
by the bile. 
I am, yours truly. 
To the Editors of the ‘ Veterinarian 
[The specimen sent to us by Mr. Shaw is unquestionably 
an interesting one, being, as described by him, an ossification 
of the walls of the hepatic duct, and that to such an extent 
as to render it nearly impervious ; yet we can hardly consider 
this to have been the only cause of the somewhat sudden 
death of the animal.] 
CASE OF INTUSSUSCEPTION OF THE ILIUM OF 
A HOUSE. 
By B. H. Holloway, M.R.C.V.S., Y.S. 2d Madras L. C. 
Shortly after I had visited my hospital, on the morning 
of 12th June, a horse of the C troop, regimental number, 
1789, w r as observed, while at his picket in the horse lines, to 
evince some uneasiness. He was forthwith removed to the 
sick-lines, and clysters w^ere given him, after which he had a 
healthy evacuation of the bowels, and subsequently mictu- 
rated. When there, the horse did not show any sign of pain 
or indisposition, so the usual report of the admission w as not 
