(ESOPHAGITIS IN THE HORSE. 
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the same characters as in the thoracic portion, only it was less 
friable. As to the rest, in the cervical portion, as in the thoracic, 
it sufficed only to rub a little on the epithelium in order to detach 
it; and I cannot better compare the laminoe which were thus de- 
tached, than to the lamellae which compose the lucid cornea, when 
we have detached them from one another, and are examining them 
separately. 
The Stomach . — This viscus was moderately distended by a li- 
quid of the consistence of bouillie, and which resembles the farina 
of barley diluted with water. The mucous membrane of the right 
sac was only a little redder than in its natural state. 
In the left sac were the same characters as had been observed 
in the superior part of the oesophagus, except that in no point was 
the epithelium destroyed; but especially and principally near the 
cardia it permitted us to distinguish through its thickness the red 
tint of the mucous membrane which it covers, and from which it is 
very easy to separate it. When exposed, the vessels which per- 
colate the subjacent cellular tissue are so highly injected, that the 
blood transudes through their distended walls in a form resembling 
the red ley of claret wine. 
No other portion of the intestinal tube presented any morbid 
lesion. 
Rec. de Med. Vet., Nov. 1834. 
[This singular and valuable case of inflammation of the oesopha- 
gus in the horse is partly selected because it stands alone in the 
history of the veterinary art; and also because M. Gelle is treating 
of the diseases of the oesophagus, and we wanted our sketch to be 
perfect. M. Renault deserves the thanks of the profession for the 
straightforward honourable way in which he records it, and his 
candid confession of having mistaken both its nature and its seat 
until almost the winding up of the affair. A very great majority 
of practitioners would have shared in the error, but all would not 
have avowed it. We are, however, very much inclined to think 
that in a much slighter degree it must have frequently existed, and 
a little teazed us. Angular, and pointed, and irritating substances 
could scarcely have passed through this tube, and much less could 
the scientific operation of crushing the incarcerated body have been 
resorted to without producing inflammation of this cavity, the symp- 
toms and effects of which were attributable to other causes. There 
are few of us who cannot now resolve certain cases of apparent 
dysphagia, and singular and puzzling spasm. 
This case stands alone, and, we are inclined to think, would do so, 
were twenty other cases referrible to disease of the oesophagus placed 
on our records. Was there at any period of this case colic, pro- 
