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OBSTKUCTION 01< THE MANIPLUS. 
desire to void his faeces and urine — his pulse was not much acce- 
lerated, but exceedingly full, strong, and large, accompanied by 
a peculiar grating, better felt than described, and which did not 
yield until upwards of eleven quarts of blood had been abstracted 
from his neck. His membranes were not in the least altered in 
their appearance. Sedative and aperient medicines were given, 
and laxative enemse ; and the horse was placed in a cold atmo- 
sphere, which afforded considerable relief. 
The next morning, 10th May, he appeared quite cheerful, and 
his appetite returned ; but in the afternoon the symptoms of 
yesterday again presented themselves. He underwent a similar 
plan of treatment, but ineffectually ; and died in the evening. 
Inspectio Cadaveris . — The abdominal viscera healthy ; lungs 
and heart large, but healthy in their external appearance. The 
abdominal aorta, near the origin of the anterior mesenteric artery, 
was the seat of an aneurism, extending in length upwards of four 
inches, and considerably larger in calibre than the vessel itself. 
Ossific deposits were observed in various places in the coats of the 
vessels ; its inner surface was in a high state of inflammation ; 
the inner surface of the left ventricle was in a similar state, and 
patches of ecchymosis in various places. 
OBSTRUCTION OF THE MANIPLUS, OR 
FARDEL BOUND. 
By Air. John Tombs, Per shore. 
1835, Aug. 19 th. — At a village three miles from this town, I 
attended a cow with the undermentioned symptoms : — She lies 
down ; frequently looks back over her sides ; when up she is 
continually shifting her hind legs ; has voided no excrement dur- 
ing last night ; refuses food and water ; pulse quick and hard ; 
common integuments, ears, and horns, extremely cold. I bled 
her to the extent of one gallon, and gave of Glauber's salts ^viij. 
Cape aloes Jss, croton seed 9ii; to be repeated three times in the 
day. 
20 th. — Nose dewy; no purging; voids her urine often; eats 
nothing; continually stretching herself out. I bled her again to 
the same extent, and injected enemas every hour, which were re- 
turned as clear as they were thrown in. I gave a pint of castor 
oil, and horned down thin gruel in large quantities. At 6 p.m. I 
gave *viij of Epsom salts, with half a drachm of ginger. At 
8 p.m. she was much worse ; pulse weak ; shivering fits and cold 
