RUPTURED STOMACH IN A MARE. 
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brought home from a field of rye-grass and clover very ill with 
colic. About two in the afternoon she was seen, and was then 
well. At four she was seen by a neighbour’s servant rolling 
about in great pain, but who neglected to inform the owner. At 
nearly six Mr. Wilson’s son found her ill in the field, brought her 
home, and immediately bled her very copiously. 
Symptoms . — She was in dreadful agony when she was brought 
home ; she rolled her fore legs clean up, and remained in that 
position for a short time. When I saw her, she was lying down 
and easier ; but soon afterwards she got up, and stood for half 
an hour. Her respiration was very quick and laborious ; the 
ears cold; the pulse rapid ; her abdomen not at all distended. 
Some medicine was .given to ease the spasm or any distention by 
gas. 
8 p.m. — In nearly the same state. Bleed to five quarts, and 
give pot. purg. c opii, &c. 
1 2th . — From the last date to the present she gradually got 
worse, and occasionally was up and down ; but most of the time 
she was standing up, and breathed very quick, and the pulse at 
the jaw became more and more indistinct, until at last it was 
imperceptible. When she lay down, a quantity of air was belched 
up the oesophagus, and forced through the mouth ; but I could 
never see any grass accompany it. When down, she would 
stretch her head and neck forward along the ground, and force 
the air up the oesophagus, and which could be seen rising up. 
About twelve at night she died in dreadful agony. 
Examination . — The whole of the intestines were healthy and 
natural. The abdomen contained about four gallons of disco- 
loured water. Some few portions of masticated grass were found 
among the intestines ; but the quantity was so small, that it 
merely proved there was a rupture. 1 then directed my investi- 
gation towards the stomach, and the mischief was clearly shewn. 
We had the mare lying on her back, and towards us lay, in the 
neighbourhood of the stomach, a large quantity of masticated 
green grass, beautifully covered by and confined within the 
omentum. On removing this, we discovered that there was a 
rupture of ten inches in length through the entire coats of the 
stomach, and a farther rupture of five inches through the peri- 
toneal and muscular coat only, leaving the mucous coat and 
strong cellular tissue entire. The rupture was not exactly along 
the greater curvature, but about the middle of its inferior side, 
in the direction of its greater curvature. There was a little coa- 
gulated blood on its ruptured edges, but there was no appear- 
ance of any quantity of blood being lost. The rupture extended 
for five inches along the cuticular coat, the other being along its 
