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the mystery attaching to the disease. In our present 
number, also, will be found the particulars of a case occurring 
in the jwactice of Mr. Crowliurst, which he successfully 
operated upon. 
As our space will not permit of our entering deeply into 
the subject, with a view to either combat the statements of 
some writers, or express our concurrence with the opinion of 
others, we shall be content by remarking that the ox is par- 
ticularly liable to a special form of strangulation of the intes- 
tines ; that the affection arises from the vas deferens , subsequent 
to castration , becoming adherent to the abdominal ring ; and that, 
at some uncertain period, later on in life, the intestines 
insinuate themselves between the vas deferens and the 
parietes of the abdomen by the giving way of the thin 
reflection of peritoneum which binds the duct to the adja- 
cent parts, and maintains it in its proper course to its ter- 
mination in the urethral canal. The portion of the intestine 
which is thus impacted, is usually a fold of the colon which is 
situated at the upper and posterior portion of the mesenteric 
veil, and to which it is here somewhat loosely attached. 
The strangulation occurs on the right side, from the relation 
which exists between the parts implicated, and the natural 
inclination of the intestines to that side of the abdominal 
cavity in the ruminant. 
The diagnosis is not difficult, as will be seen by an atten- 
tive perusal of the symptoms in the cases published by 
Messrs. Crowhurst, Vine, and Walker; nor is the operation 
necessary for the relief of the animal one which is attended 
with much danger. The more profound, however, the know- 
ledge of anatomy possessed by the operator, the more expert 
will he be in its performance, and, as a rule, the more satis- 
factory will be the result. 
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