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Jan. 1, 1834.—The animal was found dead. The whole of the 
abdominal viscera presented the appearance of severe peritoneal 
inflammation, mingled with that which would result from mace¬ 
ration in a fluid highly charged with blood, and of which the 
abdomen contained at least three quarts. The omentum was 
particularly stained. The mucous coat was scarcely affected. 
The rumen was full, too full. The maniplus was distended to 
hardness. The appetite had been unimpaired until yesterday. 
On stripping off the skin from the belly, I had observed on the 
parietes of the abdomen a small puncture, whence oozed a bloody 
fluid. There was a corresponding mark on the inside of the skin, 
and some appearance of a minute wound, closed, without. The 
perforation could be traced through the parietes of the abdomen, 
and there was a corresponding black mark and oozing on the 
omentum covering the rumen. Could inflammation have been 
set up by this? or from this tiny wound had there been slow he¬ 
morrhage into the abdominal cavity ? 
CASE VI. 
April 17, 1834.—A foal, the progeny of a little Dartmoor mare, 
had been observed yesterday and to-day continually lying down, 
and heaving at the flanks. When it is up, it tries to suck, but 
there is apparently little milk. There are swellings about the 
joints, and the animal purges. Give four ounces of castor oil in 
a quart of thick gruel. 
19th. — Still weaker; can scarcely stand; breathing quicker; 
purging more violently. Give thick gruel, morning, noon, and 
night, with half an ounce of the syrup of white poppies in it. 
20th. —Dead. Excessive peritoneal inflammation. The belly 
filled with bloody serum, and some inflammation of the mucous 
coat of the larger intestines, and particularly of the colon and 
caecum, but not at all to the extent which the purging led me 
to expect. 
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THE VETERINARIAN, AUGUST 1 , 1834 . 
Nc quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat.—C icero. 
MONSTROSITIES. 
Although the great object the veterinarian must always 
have in view is, to obtain a knowledge of the most successful 
