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her feces freely) ; and before I left her I communicated the same 
to the owner, desiring him, that, in case she died in my absence, 
they would not open her until I came ; so 1 left her with a supply 
of anodyne medicine to be given her if necessary. On the 
evening of the same day, the owner came to tell me she was 
dead, after suffering the most severe pain, and, at times, appear- 
ing quite delirious. 
Post-mortem appearances . — After laying open the abdominal 
parietes, I began my examination at the rectum, and, as I sus- 
pected, so I found the case to be. About a foot from the rectum, 
there was a stricture of the bowel, nine inches in length, much 
thickened, and containing no feces. Farther on was another 
stricture of the same kind, but longer and more corrugated. This 
stricture was so narrow, that I could not pass my fore-finger 
into it. After slitting it up, there appeared many ulcers on its 
inner surface, each of which would contain a small pea. The 
intestine was much enlarged above and below each stricture, and 
contained feces of the natural consistence. 
Continuing my examination, my attention was attracted by a 
large fleshy substance adhering to a portion of the intestine 
about a foot in length, and which portion of the bowel was con- 
siderably dilated, but contained no fecal matter. It had a gristly 
appearance, and, like the stricture, had small ulcers upon its inner 
surface. The tumour was composed of a fleshy substance, mixed 
here and there with fatty matter, and weighing nine pounds. 
All the viscera of the abdomen were in a high state of inflam- 
mation, even bordering on gangrene. The lungs were in a 
healthy state, but the liver was much softened, and the heart 
enlarged. 
A SINGULAR CASE OF ABORTION IN A COW. 
Bp the same. 
I was called to attend a cow, the property of a farmer a few 
miles distant from my residence, and that was expected to be 
near her full period of utero-gestation. When I arrived I found 
her standing, with her back up, and straining very much, shewing 
evident signs of acute labour-pains ; and, at the same time, there 
was a small portion of the placenta making its appearance. 
After well oiling my hand and arm, I proceeded to examine the 
vagina and uterus, and succeeded, with very little difficulty, in 
extracting a dead foetus that was lying across the mouth of the 
uterus, and had thus delayed the process of parturition. It was 
