WITH SLOUGHING OF THE INTESTINE. 
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iiig it, I adopted the same mode of proceeding in the present case. 
All appeared to be going on favourably, and she was sent home. 
About the beginning of October, a fresh descent took place. I 
again secured it by ligature, but, being at a distance, I saw it only 
twice in that month, and once in November. The slough took 
place, and to all appearance it was going on well, and I thought 
that there was no necessity to go and see it again. In December, 
however, the farmer came over with a statement of the case, that 
I, at first, could scarcely believe ; viz. that the mare was very bad, 
and that the feces came out where the umbilical sac had ex¬ 
isted. I went over to see her, and, s”re enough, I found his story 
to be ‘true. The animal did not appear to be in any pain, and ate 
and drank tolerably well, but the feces came out very copiously 
from the umbilicus. Of course, this state of things could not 
last. She lingered on eight days, for the farmer would not have 
her destroyed, and at the expiration of this period she died. I 
could not bring him to any other conclusion than that I had (as he 
said) accidentally included the intestine within the ligature, and, 
therefore, I said nothing more to him on the subject. On examin¬ 
ing the parts, I found that the intestine passed over the original 
aperture in the abdominal parietes, and adhered firmly to its edges, 
and that a portion of the intestine of the size of a crown piece had 
sloughed away; otherwise, there was no inflammation or disease 
of the intestine. The slough of the intestine not taking place un¬ 
til at least a month after that of the sac, my mind was quite easy 
as to the farmer’s conclusion; on the whole, it was rather a singular 
case, and one which never occurred to me before, yet I have treated 
ill the same way several horses with umbilical hernia. 
A CURIOUS LIBEL. 
[d'lie following document has reached us from one of the Scottish 
Courts. It is a singular proceeding, and will afford some amuse¬ 
ment to our readers. It exhibits very considerable and praise¬ 
worthy spirit in the Plaintiff. For obvious reasons we suppress 
the names.] 
OUTER HOUSE, OCTOBER 1838. 
Sunuaons of Damages —A.B. against C.D.—E.F. W.S., Agent. 
Summons of damages,—A. B., veterinary surgeon, residing in 
-, in the county of-; against C. D., tenant in-. 
Victoria, &cc. —Whereas it is humbly meant and shewn to us 
by our lovite A. B., veterinary surgeon, residing in - , in the 
county of - , pursuer , — That it having been proposed that such 
