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STRANGULATION Ob 1 THE ILEUM. 
which 1 could mention, have long pointed out to me the neces¬ 
sity that exists for a nosological arrangement of diseases, and 
until we obtain this, we must be content to jog on in the old 
road of ambiguity, darkness, and, I will venture to say, ignorance. 
That a system of nosology, upon the plan of the late Cullen’s, 
would be useful, I do not hesitate to say; still do 1 feel that the 
author who attempts any thing like it would be censured by 
some; but the generality of veterinarians would be essentially 
benefitted thereby, and ought to feel that the man who succeeds 
in it deserves at least our gratitude, and I think should receive 
the thanks of the profession generally. Upon looking over what 
I have written, I much fear your patience will be exhausted, 
and you probably may tjhink it too diffuse for the subject; in that 
case, remove any excrescences you think desirable, for the instru¬ 
ment is in your own possession. Having entered upon another 
year, I must, in conclusion, wish the Editors of Tii e Veterina¬ 
rian every success and assistance they deserve. 
A SINGULAR CASE OF STRANGULATION OF THE 
ILEUM. 
By Mr. W. Henderson, US. to the King, for Scotland. 
It frequently requires all our tact, talent, experience, and 
observation, to treat, discriminate, classify, and prognosticate, 
regarding the various diseases which the horse is liable to; and 
more particularly so, as we find the same disease puts on such a 
difference in the variety of symptoms which we have to combat: 
the more information, therefore, we can gather on such subjects 
the better. I have, consequently, selected the following case, as 
I conceive that it will be not a little interesting to some of your 
readers. It is the first case of the kind I ever met with, and I 
believe it to be of very rare occurrence. 
About two o’clock in the afternoon of June the 2d, 1829, I 
was called to see a chesnut gelding belonging to an officer on 
the Staff Department here. The servant who had charge of him 
informed me, that no sooner was the horse put into the stable 
and his harness taken off, than he threw himself down with vio¬ 
lence, stretching out his limbs at one time, and drawing them in 
at another, rolling from side to side, looking round at his loins, 
and, at the end of such struggles, breaking out in patches of 
perspiration, in various parts of the body, particularly about the 
