INTROSUSCEPTION AND FILARLE IN THE INTESTINES. 435 
that branch of veterinary science, or the cases being few and far 
between, is a subject which I am at the present moment unable 
to determine : but if the history of the following cases are worthy 
of the notice of your numerous readers, they are at your disposal 
for insertion. 
The subject of the present case was a valuable dog, the pro- 
perty of a coach proprietor in this city. It was observed, for 
two or three days, to suffer from great sickness — it was fidgetty — 
panting for breath — rolling about — occasionally sitting on his 
hind quarters in a fixed position, with a dull and languid ap- 
pearance of his eyes — vomiting every thing that was given to 
him ; and, at other times, running up and down the stable for a 
few minutes, and then concealing himself in a corner. The bow- 
els were sometimes constipated ; at other times diarrhoea super- 
vened. 
As the owner had obtained a slight knowledge in the curative 
treatment of dogs, he thought it proper to try some of his own 
placebos on this animal. A dose of sulph. sub. was given him at dif- 
ferent times. Finding that this failed, and that the dog was rapidly 
getting worse, I was sent for to examine him about a week after 
he had been first observed ; and — to use his own words — he sus- 
pected he had turned yellow from the great quantity of the medi- 
cine that had been given him. On inspection, I found that the 
disease was nearly in its last stage ; and I prognosticated that 
our patient would die in a few hours. His countenance assumed 
a dull and dolorous aspect— there was great weakness — the pulse 
was almost imperceptible in the femoral artery, where it was felt, 
and the heart’s action nearly gone. There was coldness in every 
extremity — he vomited blood — the skin was yellow, as was the 
mucous membrane of the eye — there was great thirst, and when 
he drunk any fluid it was immediately thrown up again : in 
short, he had all the appearance of approaching dissolution. 
As the owner was desirous for me to try something, he was 
put into a warm bath : this, indeed, was absolutely necessary, 
in order to restore animation a little. A table-spoonful of port 
wine was ordered to be given to him every three or four hours. 
I suggested that, in order to try, if possible, to allay the irrita- 
tion in the stomach. By this treatment, life was probably sup- 
ported rather longer than was expected ; but on the following 
day collapse took place, and he died in the evening. 
Autopsia Cadaveris . — On examining the body, three hours 
after death, the following morbid appearances were exhibited : — 
While laying open the abdomen, and tracing the intestinal canal, 
1 found that the stomach was highly inflamed, with a few patches 
of ecchymosed spots on its external surface ; also slight ulcera- 
