THE 
VETERINARIAN. 
VOL. XXIX, 
No. 348. 
DECEMBER, 1856. 
Fourth Series, 
No. 24. 
Communications and Cases. 
STRANGULATION OF THE INTESTINES. 
By R. H. N. Holloway, M.R.C.V.S., 2d Madras L. C. 
Although the symptoms of both strangulation of the in- 
testines and of abdominal tympany are, perhaps, sufficiently 
well known, and easily recognised by the members of the 
veterinary profession, there are many unprofessional readers 
of your Journal who may not be conversant with the leading 
features of either of these affections. I therefore trust that the 
following details may not be without some interest, at least 
to the latter-named persons, and more especially as I believe 
that no cases of the kind have recently appeared in the 
Veterinarian. 
The symptoms in the instances which I am about to cite, 
as well as the post-mortem appearances, were carefully 
registered by me, in my case-book, on the spot at the time. 
Strangulation of the Ileum. 
A cavalry troop-horse was admitted into the sick lines at 
three p.m. on the 20th of March last, with symptoms, as I 
was informed, indicative of spasmodic colic. I found him 
tottering about the stall, and maintaining with considerable 
difficulty a standing position. The pulse, at the sub- 
maxillary artery, was very irregular and oppressed ; the 
mouth cold ; buccal membrane very pallid and the tongue 
of a bluish hue. The whole body was also bedewed with a 
cold perspiration. He looked frequently to his off side, 
dropped suddenly, and then rose again several times in 
succession. When down, he stretched out his fore-legs 
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