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A CASE OF FRACTURE OF THE LOWER JAW-BONE. 
By the same. 
On the 18th February, 1833, I was requested to see a brown 
cob, more than twenty years old, the property of Jones, Esq. 
of Warrington. 1 found the animal trying to masticate some 
hay. He would get a lock of it in his mouth, and, after trying 
to grind it for a few seconds, would drop it. I must confess I 
was at a loss for some minutes to find the cause of this, there 
being no external swelling or pain when the parts were handled. 
However, on passing my thumb up on the inside of the mouth, 
I found a fracture on the off-side of the jaw, close to the first 
grinder. 
As the bones were in their proper situation, there was nothing 
to attend to but the nourishment of the animal, for which I or- 
dered some beans to be ground, and two pounds of the bean-flour 
to be added to a gallon of linseed tea, with a little bran. The 
horse had not much difficulty in taking this. His head was kept 
tied up to the rack, in order to prevent him from trying to get at 
his neighbour’s hay or his own litter. Apply evaporating lotions 
several times in the day. 
Feb. 23 d . — He takes his gruel freely, to the amount of a half 
peck of beans per day. There is no inflammation of any conse- 
quence, therefore apply nothing to the part. 
March 6th . — He is still taking plenty of gruel, and is going 
on well. 
1 6th . — He is quite well, and can crush old beans like a four- 
year old. 
ULCERATION OF THE COLON. 
By Mr. Holford, of Northwich. 
The following being a case that has been the cause of much 
unpleasantness between the groom and his master, and I being 
innocently judged by the fraternity of the former as being the 
cause of the dispute, it is transmitted to The Veteri n arian, 
in the hope that the Editors will favour me with their opinion in 
the periodical of the next month. 
Oct. 18th, 1836. — In haste my presence was requested three 
miles and a half hence, at the seat of our aged and venerable 
