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INTESTINAL STRANGULATION. 
to another by certain effluvia, and I know it to be so by inocu- 
lation. A cow having a solitary pustule on her teat, suckled a 
calf : the calf had a pustule, and one only, formed precisely where 
the gum pressed upon that of the cow’s teat. This I took particular 
notice of ; indeed, I have, more than once, thought that it resem- 
bled the cow-pox in many respects. 
The pigs, on the first farm to which I was called, have suffered 
much from the same complaint. Almost every one of them has 
been lame, and some, I believe, have lost their toes. They had the 
same medicine, and the symptoms were much the same as those 
which were seen in the cows. 
STRANGULATION OF THE INTESTINE BY THE SPER- 
MATIC CORD REMOVED BY AN OPERATION. 
By Mr. MeGINNIS, Horsham. 
On the 31st of July, 1S39, I was sent for in the morning by Mr. 
Wood, of Wornham, to see a steer of his, 2^ years old, that 
had first appeared to be unwell yesterday, and was much worse 
to-day. He was generally lying down, but when he was standing 
up, was uneasy — frequently attempting to kick his belly — shifting 
his hind legs backwards — and endeavouring to sink his back as low 
as possible. His countenance had a peculiarly dull expression. 
The pulse 48. Give 12 oz. of Epsom salts. 
7 P. M. — The medicine had not operated, nor could any faeces be 
felt on introducing the hand into the rectum — the pulse was 50 — and 
the mouth and horns hot, and the muzzle dry. I began to suspect 
that he was what is called a net bullock , and, on careful examina- 
tion by the rectum, I found that to be the case. I then informed 
the owner how the case stood, and the only chance that I had of 
saving him, namely, by cutting into the abdomen, and removing 
the cord. He consented to the operation, and told me to do ex- 
actly what I thought proper with the animal. It being, however, 
then too late in the evening to perform the operation, I gave him 
8 ounces of linseed oil, and left him for the night. 
Aug. ls£, 7 A. M. He was worse — the pulse was 60, and weak 
— the extremities cold — the respiration hurried; he was unwilling to 
move, and the countenance was expressive of pain. Perceiving 
that there was no time to be lost, I cast him on the near side, and 
secured his legs. I then made an incision at about the middle of 
the right lumbar region, and on the introduction of my hand could 
distinctly feel the cause of the illness, for the spermatic cord had 
