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of an aneurism, extending in length more than four inches, and 
considerably larger than the tube itself. Depositions of an ossific 
nature were found in various places in the coats of the vessel. 
The cuticular coat of the aorta towards the heart was inflamed, 
and considerable inflammation had taken place within the cavity 
of the left ventricle. 
GASTRITIS. 
May 1, 1836.—A bay gelding had a dose of physic of seven 
drachms the day before, and for which he had been in a state of 
preparation for two or three days previously. About five o’clock 
in the afternoon he was observed to be very uneasy—his respira¬ 
tion was increased; his abdomen very much swollen; his body 
bedewed with a cold clammy sweat; the countenance betraying 
intense anxiety; the membranes slightly increased in vascularity, 
and the pulse from 120 to 130 in a minute, and vascular. 
He was bled freely, sedative medicines were administered, and 
laxative enemata thrown up, none of which afforded any relief. 
This plan of treatment was persevered in during the night, the 
horse continuing to get worse. A little before seven o’clock he 
became delirious, and soon afterwards fell and died without a 
struggle. 
There was very little turgidness of the vessels or departure from 
healthy appearance in the abdominal viscera; but they were full 
of air, and their contents were pultaceous. The stomach was enor¬ 
mously distended with air, but contained little food. The villous 
coat was completely covered with diffuse inflammation. 
THE VETERINARIAN, AUGUST 1, 1840. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat.—C icero. 
We had hoped to have been enabled to have given more defi¬ 
nite and satisfactory intelligence respecting that matter which now 
absorbs the earlier and later thoughts of every lover of his profes¬ 
sion—the manner in which the Governors of the Royal Veteri¬ 
nary College have received and treated the admirable Memorial 
lately presented to them by a delegation of the majority of the 
profession. 
With the consent and by the desire of Mr. Mayer, the Chair- 
