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COMPLETE FRACTURE OF THE SPINE. 
By Mr. F. Fuller, March , Cambridgeshire. 
On the 25th of March, an aged horse, the property of Earl 
Fitzwilliam, which was rode by the huntsman while galloping 
over a ploughed field during the chase, dropped his hind legs 
into a grip ; he immediately fell, and made several attempts to 
get up again, but was unable to do so. On account of my being 
upon the spot at the time of the accident, I was requested by the 
huntsman to stay and attend to him. 
I found it was impossible to get him up 
or even remove him from the spot, his 
hind quarters being completely paralyzed ; 
they were also quite insensible. The case 
was at once obvious, and very little was 
done by way of treatment more than 
making him as comfortable as our situa- 
tion would allow. 
As I considered the case entirely a 
hopeless one, I reported it as such by an 
express to the Earl’s head groom at Mil- 
ton Hall, and at the same time requested 
him to send their veterinary surgeon to see 
the horse, for the satisfaction of both 
parties. On the following morning, Mr. 
Richardson, of Peterborough, arrived; and, 
being perfectly convinced that the case 
was hopeless, he ordered the horse to be 
immediately destroyed. I examined the 
spine after death, and found it fractured, 
as is represented in the annexed draw- 
ing. There were several pieces of detached 
bone, and the spinal marrow was com- 
pletely divided by the displacement of the 
fractured bones. 
ENTERITIS IN A GOAT. 
By Mr. John Stewart, Andersonian Veterinary Professor , 
Glasgow. 
On Thursday, the 31st of April, a goat, the property of a 
lady, appeared to be dull; she refused her food, and was purg- 
ing. A small quantity of castor oil was given that night ; and 
