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COLIC FOLLOWED BY TETANUS. 
rectum being made, the hand easily detected the existence of 
faeces. An injection therefore was given, which had the 
effect of bringing some away. 
12 o’clock (noon). — Case progressing favorably ; the animal 
eats and drinks moderately, yet occasionally she gives evidence 
of being in pain. 
8 o’clock, p.m. — A gradual improvement has taken place. 
I had her led out this afternoon for about a quarter of an 
hour, during which time she purged slightly. 
19th, 6 o’clock, a.m. — The animal was lying down, and 
appeared very comfortable ; she had eaten a bran-mash and 
some hay during the night, but had not voided any faeces ; 
yet the rectum appeared full. Threw up another injection, 
which was followed by a copious discharge of faecal matter 
of a desirable consistence. 
8 o’clock, p.m. — The improvement continues ; she eats and 
drinks well, but still does not void the faeces without the 
assistance of an injection. 
20th. — Animal apparently in a state of convalescence. 
Her owner called in the evening, and made arrangements to 
send for her the following day, stating that as he had several 
loose boxes he would give her a week’s rest in one of them. 
He neglected to send for her on the day mentioned, and the 
succeeding day to that, being Sunday, he thought it proper 
to allow her to remain till Monday, the 23d. I might here 
remark, that she appeared in perfect health, and continued 
to eat and drink well, and that the natural action of the bowels 
had become established up to the time of my visiting her late 
on Sunday evening, the 22d. 
23d. — As I entered the box this morning, I was astonished 
to find her affected with tetanus. Her jaws were firmly 
locked, and the saliva flowing from each side of the mouth. In 
the course of the day her owner called (he having been previ- 
ously apprised of the circumstance), and, seeing her condition, 
wished to have her at once destroyed. This was certainly 
the most humane course that could be adopted, as the symp- 
toms had much increased in severity. The “knacker” was 
sent for, but, before his arrival, she fell, and died in intense 
agony. 
Post-mortem examination . — On opening the abdomen the 
intestines appeared to be healthy, but upon removing them 
from their cavity, a very singular case presented itself, viz., 
adhesion of the stomach to portions of the small intestines. 
I had the stomach, and so much of the intestines as appeared 
implicated in the disease, removed and washed. An exami- 
nation of them showed an adhesion of two folds of the ileum, 
