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hearty &c., from thence running onward through the substance 
of the lungs, which was clearly demonstrable by the air rushing 
through the orifice with force at every expiration. But very 
little hemorrhage followed ; the breathing was very ster- 
torous, and the pulse of a peculiar character, viz. quick and 
bounding at the right submaxillary artery, and almost 
totally indistinct on the opposite side : altogether, the animal 
presented a very depressed appearance, from which we 
augured a speedy dissolution. Sutures were applied to the 
wound, and a dressing of collodion over it, which had the 
effect of preventing the egress of air; but which, however, con- 
tinued, at every expiration, to be propelled against the orifice. 
Having administered some simple medicine, more however 
for the sake of quieting the owner than with any hope of 
benefiting the mare, we left her for the night, expecting to 
find her dead in the morning. The morrow, however, came, 
and we found the animal in much the same condition, except 
that which is so common in injuries of the pleura, viz. 
aerial extravasation over the whole of the body, and a painful 
cough; the pulse was quick and weak. Deeming this one 
of Nature’s subjects to effect a cure of, or otherwise, we left 
her, ordering gruel ad libitum , and gave a little febrifuge 
medicine. But, to cut short the narrative, day succeeded 
day, and after the lapse of two weeks the animal was pro- 
nounced out of danger, and in about six weeks from the 
time of the accident, she was able to resume her wonted 
labour, and has worked apparently sound up to this time. 
In reviewing this case there is nothing connected with it 
of which the practitioner can boast, inasmuch as no skill 
was exercised; but it certainly must strike the anatomist 
with amazement when he knows the situation of the 
heart, and the multitudinous important nerves, arteries, 
and veins, passing in and out the thorax, and yet that so 
large a body as I have described, 24 inches in length, and 
3 or 4 in circumference, should have passed into the thoracic 
cavity without producing a fatal result. 
A CASE OF TETANUS. 
By the Same. 
At the commencement of the present month, a chesnut 
mare, six years old, was sent by the owner to our stables, 
affected, as he thought, with a cold and sore throat. On 
examination, the muscles of the jaws were found extremely 
