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that she had been tapped, to let out the gas from the rumen, and 
the orifice was being kept open to allow gas to escape. I intro- 
duced my probang down the oesophagus, but found much difficulty 
when within six or nine inches of the stomach, of passing it : but 
ultimately I succeeded. 1 then closed up the orifice in the rumen, 
and ordered all coarse food to be carefully kept from her, such as 
hay or straw ; also all the bedding to be carefully removed, and 
that shavings, saw-dust, or other material which she could not pos- 
sibly eat, be substituted in lieu thereof. I then ordered linseed- 
dust and water, rather thin for the first four days, and then to be 
made thicker until the eighth day, when she might have a little 
hay, chopped, and linseed-dust mixed, leaving word that they let 
me know if she did not go on right. I then left her, and heard no 
more of her until the 11th of April, when a messenger came to 
inform me that she was once more ill. I took my probang, and 
went to see her. On examination, I soon found that the oesophagus 
had again become obstructed. I introduced the probang, and 
removed the obstruction, and ordered the owner to return to the 
gruel diet again for five or six days, and to let me know if she be- 
came ailing again. The orifice in the stomach was now healed up. 
I gave no medicine either time. I again left her in the hands of 
the owner, who informed me, some time afterwards, that she did 
very well from the time I last saw her. 
P. S. — 1 send you a ruptured oesophagus, though one damaged 
by mice, similar to Case 1, only smaller; the history of which I 
will furnish you with another time, together with some additional 
cases, should you think them worth your notice, and shew the cause 
of those ruptures and their remedy. 
Your’s truly, &c. 
December 12, 1847 
*** This communication, but for the absence from home of the Editor, 
would and ought to have appeared in the January Number. 
CONTINUOUS CASES OF CHOKING. 
By the same . 
Case III. 
On the 6th January, 1843, Mr. Bagshaw, of the Wicker, Sheffield, 
came to my house at 10 P. M. and desired me to go and see a cow, 
which he informed me had then been three weeks ill. I inquired 
of him what symptoms she exhibited. When he informed me, she 
was almost constantly risen on, that is, inflation of the rumen, and 
