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2St/t .—As he continually got worse, he was killed. On open¬ 
ing the abdomen, the seat of mischief was readily discovered. 
The small intestines presented a general inflammatory appear-' 
ance, particularly the ileum; the lower portion of which was 
completely strangulated by a strong tendinous cord, which pro¬ 
ceeded from the right side of the bladder to the mesentery of 
this intestine. The cord encircled itself round the lower portion 
of the ileum, and completely intercepted all passage ; the stran¬ 
gulated portion was in a gangrenous state. The large intestines 
were entirely empty : they presented a pale appearance, and were 
very much contracted. 
PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS ON WOUNDS PENE¬ 
TRATING THE JOINTS. 
Jh/ IM. E. Aukoyek, M.V., ^th Reg, of Chasseurs. 
CASE I. 
An entire horse, six years old, was in the month of May 
1831 wounded on the anterior outer part of the left hock. The 
swelling was at first slight, but on the second day it was enor¬ 
mous. The owner, living four leagues from a town, was com¬ 
pelled to consult the farrier of the village, who, immediately, 
advised that an opening should be made into the injured part, 
saying that the horse would infallibly die without it. The 
owner having considerable faith in the empiric, consented. 
In order to open the tumour, the farrier heated a poker, and 
by means of it penetrated into the hock-joint. The animal 
suffered extreme pain—fell down, and was unable to rise again. 
Loss of appetite, prostration of strength, and a high degree of 
fever, followed an operation so cruel, and the swelling of the 
part returned, and increased. At length the dreadful state of 
the animal induced the owner to consult me. 
I saw the horse two days after the operation, when the farrier 
was still continuing his means of cure, by rubbing in spirit of 
turpentine, royal water, &c. in order to destroy the proud flesh. 
The pulse was hard and strong—the conjunctiva injected— 
the mouth hot—the breathing difticult, with engorgement of the 
whole left leg from the stifle to the foot. He could not put 
that foot for a moment to the ground ; an examination of the 
part made him groan with pain : partial sweats appeared on 
the flanks, and about the roots of the ears. 
My prognosis was very unfavourable, for I feared ^that the 
