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INTUSSUSCEPTION OF THE ILEUM. 
a profuse and clammy perspiration. The breath was 
also fetid. The animal was striking occasionally at the 
belly with his hind legs, and looking to his right side. He 
had likewise a peculiar inclination when up to move in a 
backward direction. No faeces had passed during the last 
fifteen hours, but he had micturated once. On examining 
the rectum, I found a great quantity of mucus, but no faeces. 
While telling his pulse, he suddenly fell forwards, and when 
down he evinced extreme abdominal pain. On rising, he 
attempted to rest for a time upon his haunches. 
Prognosis unfavorable. 
The blood, a small quantity of which was again taken 
away, was of the consistence and colour of treacle. 1 was 
required to do something more, and consequently some 
cathartic and anodyne medicine was administered, and a 
stimulating embrocation applied to the abdomen, which was 
followed up by the exhibition of enemas. The legs w r ere 
rubbed, bandages applied, and the body of the animal 
warmly clothed. 
The paroxysms presently became more violent, w T ith 
shorter intervals between them. In this state he lingered 
on till 3.20 a.m., when he died, lying on his left side, with 
his head thrown back towards his flank. 
Post mortem examination , ten hours after death. — On open- 
ing the abdomen, the whole of the alimentary canal, from the 
stomach to the anus, presented an extreme inflammatory 
condition. At the anterior part of the ileum intussusception 
had taken place, and a considerable portion of the intestine 
was invaginated. At the same part also the intestine was 
firmly bound by a ligature formed by the mesentery, 
as if it had been twisted round two or three times. Within 
the strangulated part was a considerable quantity of san- 
guineous serum, and the intestine was also gangrenous. 
The stomach, duodenum, and jejunum were all distended 
with food, but the posterior portion of the ileum was quite 
empty, with the exception of some mucus. The lungs were 
highly congested, and slight traces of the same state of the 
vessels might be observed in the pericardium. The heart 
appeared normal, as were also the liver, pancreas, and spleen. 
Some turgescence of the vessels of both kidneys w r as per- 
sent, and the bladder contained but a small quantity of 
urine, which was highly coloured. 
