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would elevate the off fore leg. His body then became very 
cold, and the pulse scarcely perceptible to the feel. Frequent 
attempts to micturate were also now made. Good hand- 
rubbing was had recourse to, and the legs were enveloped in 
flannel bandages, but without much return of the natural 
warmth. The abdominal pain again suddenly returned, 
accompanied with a considerable increase of the salivary 
secretions, which literally flowed from the mouth. There 
vrere, how 7 ever, no attempts at vomitation. On turning him 
round to give another sedative draught, he staggered and 
suddenly fell forwards, and became violently convulsed. 
Presently he rose again, when w 7 e returned him to his stall. 
In a few minutes he fell dowm again, groaning piteously ; 
convulsions succeeded, and death shortly closed the scene, 
he surviving the attack only about six hours. 
On the following day, I made a post-mortem examination. 
The abdomen contained a small quantity of gas, and on the 
exposed surface of the intestines was found a quantity of 
semi-digested food, w hich had escaped from a rupture of the 
stomach. The rent was fully twelve inches in length. A 
small portion of properly softened food still remained in the 
stomach. There was no appearance of ulceration or other 
change of structure in the coats of the stomach to be detected, 
nor any other abnormal condition of the intestinal canal, 
except a slight constriction of the duodenum a few inches in 
length. Every portion of the remaining viscera were healthy. 
The heart w'as very large, but free from disease. 
Remarks . — It would be important to ascertain in this case 
when the rupture of the stomach took place, and w 7 hat was 
its immediate cause. That its coats had given way before the 
draught was exhibited seems to be proved b} 7 the circumstance 
that the animaPs sufferings were much aggravated shortly 
afterwards, and which probably depended on some of the 
mixture passing through the laceration upon the surface of the 
intestines. Had it any connection wdth the ball first pro- 
ducing spasm ? 
TETANUS SUCCESSFULLY TREATED. 
By Isaac Seaman, Y.S., Saffron Walden. 
A bay harness-mare, aged seven, belonging to the Rev. 
Lord C. Hervey, was received into my infirmary, at 3 p.m., 
September 19 th, 1856, in consequence of being taken suddenly 
