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or on his side : in short, we could do what we would with him. 
The other was turning round half his time, or forcing his head 
against any thing he came in contact with. Sometimes he 
would fall on his knees, but soon get up again; at other times 
he would convulsively shake his head upwards, or on one 
side, and until he almost fell down. The head and ears were 
hot; the pulse very quick; the respiration natural. The abdo- 
men of one was very slightly distended, and the sides of the 
other were flat. I advised that both of them should be killed, 
as they were about seven score weight each, and fat. 
Examination . — The stomach of the first was filled with half- 
digested meat, composed of ground oats, barley, and potatoes; 
but there was no distention or disease in it. The small intes- 
tines looked inflamed, and on laying open the abdomen, and 
cutting into them, they were found to be so. On the mucous 
membrane of the large intestines there were many small emi- 
nences or tubercles, similar to those that are found in the stomachs 
of horses and produced by bots, with a small cavity in their 
centre. The lungs were congested in their anterior small lobes, 
but otherwise sound. 
The small intestines of the other were also inflamed, but not 
so much as in the first pig, and there was also a great deal of 
secretion in them. All other parts of the body were sound, but 
1 had not an opportunity of examining the head. 
Observations . — These pigs ate their suppers over night as well 
as usual, as may be known by their stomachs being filled. On 
the Thursday preceding they had had thrown into the tub of 
meat from which they were fed, a quantity of refuse brine, made 
of salt and saltpetre, that had been used for curing some bacon ; 
and on the next day the servant said the pigs had not eaten 
their meat 50 well as usual . This, however, was thought little 
of, and was all that was seen amiss with them. Now, whether 
this was the cause of the apparent head affection 1 know not ; or, 
whether the disease, which the brine most probably had caused 
in the bowels, affected the head sympathetically. 
[We most cordially thank Mr. Cartwright for the manner in 
which he follows up these sadly neglected but important sub- 
jects. It does him much credit. His request shall not be 
forgotten. As to the charge which he brings against us, —we, 
at once, plead “ Not guilty !” but we acknowledge that wc 
rejoice in the result. — Y.] 
