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wound has a gangrenous aspect; the pulse is 140 and inter- 
mittent; the respiration much disturbed; all food is refused; 
he fast loses flesh; is down, and the countenance is very 
anxious ; while several more ulcers have made their appear- 
ance on both the fore and hind legs. No hope of cure can 
be entertained. Treatment as before ordered. During the 
day the animal continued down, without any lessening what- 
ever of his sufferings, and in the evening he died. 
A post-mortem examination showed the wounded leg to be 
in a state of disease little expected. Gangrene had extended 
from the foot to the knee, above which a considerable quan- 
tity of pus had been effused underneath the skin. The hind 
leg was not so much affected. The viscera, both of the 
chest and abdomen, were all more or less implicated, inflam- 
mation having existed in all the mucous membranes thereof. 
The lungs were also tuberculated. The vessels of the stomach 
were congested, especially near the cardiac orifice. Much in- 
flammation had existed in both the small and large intestines. 
The liver was likewise structurally diseased, and adherent in 
several places, by its peritoneal covering, to the walls of the 
abdomen. 
This case is interesting, perhaps, inasmuch as it shows 
how slight a cause will be productive of much mischief 
when chronic disease is existent in the system. From 
the punctured wound there was at the first no grounds for 
apprehension ; yet a day or two only had elapsed when the 
most formidable sj^mptoms showed themselves, and the 
animal sunk rapidly under what seemed to be a breaking up 
of the constitution. 
2. PARTIAL OCCLUSION OP THE COLON OBSTINATE CONSTI- 
PATION. OP THE BOWELS DEATH. 
* 
Aug. 18. — This animal had been the subject of repeated 
attacks of colic ; being what is usually denominated a vora- 
cious feeder. In the earlier part of the day he had expe- 
rienced one of his usual attacks, and the groom gave him a 
stimulant, and removed the dung, which he found hard and 
dry, from the rectum, by the hand ; but a recurrence of un- 
favorable symptoms taking place, further advice was sought. 
When admitted, about 10 p.m., much uneasiness was mani- 
fested by the animal’s soon lying down in the box in which 
he was placed, rolling, looking at his flanks, and suddenly 
rising. The belly was tympanitic, and yet the pulse only 
very little affected. 
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