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more aperient medicine, which was attended to ; but the pony died 
at three P.M. in great agony. 
We met at eight P.M., for the post-mortem examination; and on 
laying open the abdomen we could see no caecum, but found it all 
contained in the large curvature of the colon, with its internal mem¬ 
brane—from deposited lymph and black blood, in some places two- 
and-a-half inches thick—very much thickened. The whole intes¬ 
tinal canal was inflamed, and some parts were mortified. 
The bladder had two or three spots of ecchymosis on its internal 
membrane, and the kidneys w'ere inflamed. The lungs were con¬ 
gested, and spots of ecchymosis appeared about the heart. 
It seems astonishing that he lived so long in this state. 
LACERATION OF THE INTESTINE. 
By Mr. James Moore, V.B., Hamilton. 
I was sent for on January the 16th to see a carriage-horse, the 
property of Mrs. Hamilton, of Bothwell Park. On my arrival, I 
found the horse lying stretched at full length, and covered with a 
cold perspiration; the sphincter ani partially paralyzed, and blood 
issuing from it. As a farrier had been previously in attendance, 
I naturally inquired what he had done. In his own words, “ the 
horse had symptoms of colic, and I gave him one ounce of laudanum 
and one ounce of sweet spirits of nitre, back-raked, and gave in¬ 
jections; and when a put in ma han the second time, a fan something 
a never fan afore, and blood came with my han.” 
On examination per anum, I found a laceration of the intestine 
about ten inches from the termination of the rectum, and through 
which my hand easily passed; evidently shewing that he (the far¬ 
rier) had thrust his hand through the intestine. I recommended the 
animal to be destroyed. 
On examining the abdominal cavity, I found a large mass, about 
the size of two fists, lying in the lumbar region, directly over the 
vertebral column. I at first imagined it was a collection of lymph¬ 
atic glands; but a closer inspection shewed that it was connected 
with the posterior aorta, and it moved in every direction along with 
that vessel. I carefully removed the tumor along with the aorta 
for about two inches before and behind, and found it adhered firmly 
to the vertebral column by a deposit of fibrinous matter. The tu¬ 
mours being removed, and the finger introduced into the posterior 
aorta, it found its way first into a large sac, which would have 
easily contained a goose’s egg ; and on being carried a little farther 
down the vessel, three smellier cavities, varying in size from a hen’s 
