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and which sometimes lasted four or five hours, a considerable por- 
tion of it was thrown up. This occurred sometimes two or three 
times in a week, and other times not more than once. 
I acquainted the owner that I thought there was not much 
chance of doing any good, as I feared there was organic disease of 
the cardiac portion of the stomach, or of the internal surface of 
that viscus. 
Mr. Legrew, V.S. to the 13th Light Dragoons, now stationed at 
Canterbury, saw the horse with me, and we ordered small doses 
of calomel and vegetable tonics, which seemed greatly to allay the 
irritation, although it did not entirely stop the eructations. The 
horse ate but little, and wasted rapidly away; and on the 18th 
instant he died. 
Post-mortem examination . — The peritoneum and pleura were 
very much inflamed. Both lobes of the lungs were gorged with 
blood, and the heart filled with it, but healthy. There was chronic 
disease of the liver ; the bowels and stomach ^except the cardiac 
orifice of the latter, which had a stricture) were in a healthy state. 
A sort of second stomach, as the farrier called it, was formed at the 
termination of the oesophagus, which was an expansion of that tube 
large enough to hold three or four pints of fluid or food. I did not 
however consider this disease, neither did Mr. Legrew, as the imme- 
diate cause of death; that was evidently attributable to the inflam- 
mation of the lungs, arising from the sudden change of the tempera- 
ture which took place at that time. I had not seen the horse for 
several days, and the owner did not perceive any change in him 
until Sunday, and on Monday he died. 
I have a few other cases which I will send you on the first op- 
portunity. Wishing The VETERINARIAN all prosperity, and 
being one of the old contributors to that valued work, allow me 
to congratulate you upon its success. 
I am, dear Sir, &c. 
GALVANISM AND RABIES. 
[The following note is extracted from the Medical Times of Oc- 
tober last. It is under the head “ Academy of Sciences, Paris, 
Sept. 22.”] 
The effect of the Galvanic current through the wound of Inocu- 
lation from Rabies in dissipating the symptoms of that disorder 
is very remarkable. 
The author says, it is sufficient to establish an electric current 
through the wound by means of a wire, communicating with one 
of the poles of the galvanic pile in action, the other extremity being- 
in contact with another part of the animal, in order to remove the 
morbid symptoms. This experiment belongs to M. Pravaz. 
