376 INTUSSUSCEPTION OF THE SMALL INTESTINES. 
Mare.. .From 3ij to 3 W 
Cow.. ..From 3 ij to 3 iv 
Ewe.. ..From 9j to 3 j 
Bitch. ..From gr. v. to gr. x 
Cat From gr. i to gr. ij 
Deer.. ..From 9 j to 9 ij 
Sow From gr. x to 3j 
f The ergot should be given in 
powder in some spiced ale, or, in 
short, in almost any thing, every half 
hour or hour, until uterine action is 
induced. 
It appears from Bonjean, that it 
X is very much diminished in strength 
if boiling water is poured on it, con- 
sequently infusions are not to be 
recommended : yet, from what has 
been said, it will be seen that infu- 
sions have been made, and given 
L with success. 
I am very fearful, although ordered not to use it when it is above 
a 3 ^ear old, that it will be difficult to meet with it, or to distinguish 
it from that which is older. I am inclined to believe that its virtue 
is not lost when it is above a year old : I should also suggest a 
trial of the tincture, and I think it ought to find a place in our 
pharmacopeias. 
INTUSSUSCEPTION OF THE SMALL INTESTINES 
IN A FOAL THREE WEEKS OLD. 
j By the same. 
On the morning of the 7th of June, 1848, a foal, three weeks 
old, the property of Mr. Geo. Bradshaw, of the Swan Inn, in this 
town, was found dead in the field. It was seen to be well about 
six or seven o’clock the night before, consequently could not have 
been ill for above twelve hours. 
Examination . — It was warm. I could not detect any injury 
in any part of the body. On laying open the abdomen, I discovered 
that some of the small intestines were much thicker than others : 
after removing them from the abdomen I examined them more 
carefully, when I found that they were, in twelve or fifteen places, 
intussuscepted. At one place a portion of the small intestines had 
entered another for at least twelve inches; in another, for six 
inches, and in many others for half an inch or more. The intestines 
were pretty much of their natural colour, and in no place were they 
so strangulated but what they could be drawn out of each other, nor 
were they at all in a state of mortification. There were marks on 
other parts of the intestines as if they had been contracted. There 
was no constipation in any part of the whole tract of the intestines, 
