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friend Mr. Hawthorne’s suggestion, recommended that he 
should be purchased at a reduced price, and with a special 
warranty; not because I considered him unsound, but be- 
cause in a market or fair his value was reduced. 
This subject has proved of much interest, and great has 
been the value of the opinions elicited; when, however, we 
look upon the list of contributors to the Veterinarian , and 
find out of 180 only six come forward to express their 
opinions, I think it is not too much to say, that this apathy is 
no credit to the profession as a body, and I can only account 
for it by supposing the profession are waiting for the heads 
of it to express their opinion. 
I see by the excellent letter of Mr. Gregory, that as early 
as 1840, he, in conjunction with the late lamented Mr. 
Percivall, drew the attention of the profession to this subject, 
but with no success. I hope a similar result will not take 
place now. 
DEATH FROM THE FLOATING PORTION OF THE 
COLON BECOMING TWISTED IN THE EPI- 
GASTRIUM. 
By R. H. Pritchard, M.R.C.V.S., Wolverhampton. 
On Tuesday, the 22d of December, 1857, an aged cart- 
horse, the property of Messrs. P — and Sons, of this town, 
was brought to our infirmary at 6 a.m., suffering from pain in 
the bowels. He had eaten his usual quantity of bran, cut hay, 
and beans, given at night, and the next morning was found 
to be griped. Apparently he had pawed a great deal, but 
had not rolled in his stable from the appearance either of the 
bedding or of himself. He looked at his belly, crouched oc- 
casionally, was dull, and off his food ; pulse full, but not in- 
creased more than a few beats in the minute. 
I concluded the indigested food had created some irritation 
with slight spasm of the intestines, and therefore gave him 
an antispasmodic draught, adding instructions to the carter 
to watch him. 
He continued in much the same state until nine o’clock. 
There was now perceptible a little fulness and hardness in 
the lower part of the right flank, but the bowels were not 
tympanitic. A copious enema was thrown up, and the 
whole soon returned without the least feculent matter. The 
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