694 TAPE-WORM IN THE POINTER AND SPANIEL. 
Light Cavalry, for strangulated scrotal hernia. The stricture was 
divided with a bistoury in the usual way, and, after a very severe 
attack of peritonitis, the horse, eventually, perfectly recovered. 
On the 13th of this month I was sent for, early in the morn- 
ing, to see the same horse. I found him lying down, blowing 
very much ; a watery discharge running from the nostrils; no 
pulse perceptible at the jaw ; and a strangulated hernia on the 
off-side, the same side on which he had hernia three years 
before. 
The horse was supposed to have “the gripes” in the evening 
of the 12th, and had been trotted about for some time. A farrier 
was then sent for, who detected the hernia, threw the horse, 
and attempted to reduce it. Thinking that he had succeeded, 
he let the horse get up, but soon found it necessary to throw him 
again : this he did three times. After this rough treatment, and 
the length of time that a portion of intestine had been incarce- 
rated (about ten hours), the poor brute had but little chance : 
however, I operated as quickly as I could, and returned into the 
abdomen, after dividing the stricture, about three inches of very 
black intestine ; but it was too late, as the horse died the same 
morning. 
I am, &c. 
TAPE-WORM IN THE POINTER AND SPANIEL. 
By Mr. T. M. Raynold. 
On an estate where a great quantity of rabbits are annually 
destroyed in the month of November, I have observed that seve- 
ral dogs, that were previously in good health and condition, 
soon became weak, listless, and excessively emaciated, fre- 
quently passing large portions of the tape-worm. This induced 
me to examine the intestines of several hares and rabbits; and, 
with very few exceptions, I found each to contain a perfect tape- 
worm, from three to four feet in length. I then caused two of 
the dogs, whose cases appeared the worst, to be separated from 
the others, feeding them on potatoes, &c. ; and in eight or ten 
days, after voiding several feet of the worm, they were perfectly 
restored to their former strength and appearance. The vermicu- 
lar disease, hitherto so formidable to the spaniel and pointer, 
may, therefore, in a great measure, be fairly attributed to the 
custom of giving them the intestines of their game, under the 
technical appellation of “ the paunch.” 
The facts above stated, in explaining the cause of the disease, 
at the same time suggest the remedy. 
