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POISONING OF A FLOCK OF SHEEP. 
The Northern Daily Express states, that a Mr. Black, of 
Burton, near Barnborough, has just sustained a remarkable 
fatality among his sheep, in consequence of the animals 
having been “ dipped. 55 It appears that they were “ dipped 55 
on Saturday morning, and afterwards sent to grass, and, as 
it came on a very rainy night, it is supposed that the liquid 
had been quite washed from the wool, and the sheep, having 
eaten the grass on which it fell, w^ere poisoned. This is the 
most likely cause of death that is known at present. Latest 
accounts state that 750 are dead. 
RUPTURE OE THE INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY. 
Mr. H. Lepper, M.R.C.Y.S., Aylesbury, has directed 
our attention to a case of the death of a cow in the act of 
parturition, arising from a rupture of the internal iliac 
artery ; also to an instance of a double os uteri in a cow. 
TUMOUR IN THE RECTUM. 
Mr. H. King, M.R.C.Y.S., Melbourne, informs us, 
that he was recently called to a case of a pedunculated 
tumour, of a fibrous character, about the size of an apple, 
which was growing from the mucous membrane of the 
rectum of a three-years-old colt, and which protruded from 
the anus each time the animal passed his faeces. He suc- 
ceeded in effecting its removal, by the application of a 
ligature to its peduncle; and during its detachment, a period 
of five days, the animal did not apparently suffer any amount 
of pain or inconvenience. 
