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DEATH OF A COW FROM CHOKING WITH A TURNIP. 
By the same . 
On the 19th of March 1843, I was sent for, rather hastily, to 
a cow that was choked with a turnip, belonging to Mr. Sand- 
ford, of Brick Lane, but before I arrived she had expired. 
She had been first choked about nine o’clock in the morning, 
and it was half-past one when I saw her. She was enormously 
swollen, and had been so most of the time. Nothing but a piece 
of wood had been put in her mouth to keep it open, and pressure 
applied to the throat. It was supposed that the turnip was 
removed. 
Examination . — I could detect the turnip midway between the 
jaws and breast. 1 cut down upon and removed it, and found 
that it was the half of a turnip, and that the cut surface bulged 
out a little, and gave it a rounded appearance. Its greatest 
diameter was 2J inches, and its circumference 7§ inches ; the 
length was 3| inches. It lay lengthways in the oesophagus, so 
that its diameter was the cause of the obstruction. The jugular 
veins were very much distended with blood, and the deep seated 
jugulars were distinct and not very distant from the others. There 
was considerable effusion on the external parts of the oesophagus, 
where the obstruction was situated, and the interior of the trachea 
contained a large quantity of serum and spume. There was also a 
sort of white secretion lining the greater part of the trachea. I 
did not see the internal parts, as the butcher had not arrived. 
Before examining the throat, I tapped her, and her sides com- 
pletely subsided. I believe, if she had been tapped while living, the 
turnip would have passed, especially had the probang been used. 
In performing cesophagotomy, I think that, after we have satisfied 
ourselves about the situation of the bloodvessels, we had better 
give a bold deep cut at once, so as to penetrate the obstruction, 
rather than to cut frequently, and perhaps inefficiently. 
RUPTURED STOMACH IN A MARE. 
By the same. 
On the 8th of May, 1843, about half past six o’clock in the 
evening, I called to see a foal of Mr. Wilson’s, at Alkington, 
with diseased hocks, when I was informed that the mare had been 
