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DISPLACEMENT AND STRANGULATION OF THE 
SMALL INTESTINES OF A MARE. 
By Mr. T. F. Plomley, V. S. Canterbury . 
I was sent for on the 2d instant, to see a cart mare, twelve 
years old, supposed to be ill with spasms of the bowels. She had 
bene turned out into a field, and was found ill at 12 o’clock. I had 
several miles to ride, and did not not see her until 4 o’clock. 
She was lying down, frequently looking at her abdomen. Pulse 
70 ; extremities and ears cold, and the belly considerably 
swelled. I made a few inquiries with regard to her symptoms. 
The bailiff then informed me, that she had been sitting upright 
for a considerable time. I immediately suspected what was the 
matter, and passed my hand up the rectum. She strained, 
and tried to dung; a small quantity of faeces came away, of a 
very dark colour ; but I could not distinctly ascertain which intes- 
tine was displaced. 
I extracted four quarts of blood, administered an injection, 
and gave three drachms of aloes in solution. 
I saw her again at seven ; pulse 100 ; respirations 24 ; very 
uneasy, getting up and lying down continually, looking round 
to her side, then sitting upon her haunches. I repeated the 
bleeding to two quarts ; repeated also the injection, and gave three 
drachms of aloes. I also left one pint of linseed oil and two 
ounces of tincture of opium to be given in an hour, if she was 
not better. It was administered. 
I saw her once more at 10 o’clock : the pulse could scarcely 
be felt. The muscles of the fore extremities trembled very 
much. I ordered a cloth to be put upon her, and her legs 
bandaged ; repeating the injection and linseed oil. 
July 3d . — I saw her at 6 o’clock. I could not count the 
pulsations by reason of their rapidity ; they were also very 
wiry. She had stood up ever since I saw her last, and nearly in 
the same situation. I repeated the linseed oil and injection, and 
stimulated and bandaged the legs. She died at 10 o’clock. 
Examination after death . — On laying open the cavity of the 
abdomen, the first intestines that presented themselves were 
the ileum and part of the jejunum. The colon on the leftside and 
the small intestines were completely strangulated, and insinuated 
between the large ones, and twisted in a circular form. The 
small intestines and mesentery assumed a very inflammatory 
aspect ; they were void of faeces, but distended with air, and the 
