THE EDINBURGH VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
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The cases which occurred during January have, upon the whole, 
presented so little of a different aspect to those composing the or- 
dinary routine of practice here, that there seems little room for 
more than short mention of a few of them. 
The case of broken wind occurred in a draught mare, the pro- 
perty of a carter in town, and was brought here in consequence of 
suffering from indigestion, for which she was treated with oily 
laxatives, and was much relieved, and the owner agreed that the 
effect of treatment for broken wind should be tried : there was not, 
however, any opportunity allowed for this, as the mare suddenly 
died the following day. The body was procured for dissection, 
and death appeared to have taken place from obstruction of the 
bowels, which, especially the large intestines, were impacted with 
hardened food and fseces. A small rupture had taken place, and 
some of the contents of the intestines had escaped into the perito- 
neal cavity. This case offering a favourable opportunity for in- 
vestigating the pathological condition of the lungs in broken wind, 
these organs were examined, but no emphysema could be detected. 
There was some enlargement of the heart; but so far as the various 
pulmonary tissues were concerned, no morbid appearances could 
be detected, although broken wind, according to the owner’s ac- 
count, had long existed. 
The case of chorea in a cow was not allowed by the owner to 
be continued under treatment more than two days, for fear the 
beast might fall off in condition, as she was pretty fat when the 
disease appeared; she was therefore sold to the butcher. The 
symptoms were, — involuntary twitchings of the muscles of the 
neck, accompanied by jerking of the head upwards and sideways, 
with closure of the eyelids. When made to move, she appeared 
in constant danger of falling ; the pulse, although not much quick- 
ened, was weak ; the respiration was not disturbed, and the secre- 
tions were much the same as in health. The slightest attempt to 
move her considerably increased the intensity of the symptoms, 
which at times were so severe as to lead the owner to suppose the 
animal would not recover, and she was accordingly slaughtered. 
Amongst the “ skin diseases” there was a case deserving notice. 
A brown gelding, belonging to one of the companies at the rail- 
way, was suddenly attacked with an excessive itching on the near- 
side of the neck and shoulder. He had rubbed off the hair, and 
large patches of the skirt were raw and bleeding ; there was also 
considerable swelling of the parts affected. He was bled, a dose 
of physic given, and mild mange ointment was applied to the seat 
of disease. On the following day he was brought back much 
worse ; more of the hair and cuticle had been rubbed off, blood 
and serum oozed from the raw surfaces, and the medicine did not 
