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RUPTURE OF THE BLADDER IN AN OX. 
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An ox, twelve years old, was brought to the slaughter-house 
to be destroyed, on account of some unknown disease. 
The peritoneal cavity contained more than twelve gallons of 
a milky liquid, of a faint smell and sweetish taste. The whole of 
the loose serous membrane was covered with a false one, accom¬ 
panied by many white filaments. There were adhesions between 
the second and third stomachs and the diaphragm, and the 
mucous membrane of the foui th stomach was reddened throughout 
its whole extent, but without any thickening or disorganization. 
The remainder of the intestinal canal offered nothing worthy of 
remark. 
The bladder was ruptured at the middle of its pubian surface; 
the aperture was five inches in length, and the edges were 
much thickened. The mucous membrane had an almost black¬ 
ened appearance. It had been destroyed in many spots, and 
had been replaced by a fibrous tissue, which of itself there 
formed the wall of the bladder. 
The bladder contained many piriform calculi, and a powder or 
sand, which was analogous in composition to the calculi. 
The ureter contained fragments of calculous matter, and the' 
urethra was obliterated within an inch of the anus by a mass 
of puriform concrete matter, as large as a nut. It was this ob¬ 
struction which was probably the cause of the rupture of the 
bladder. 
The liver was filled wdth encysted tubercles. The viscera of 
the thorax were sound, except that the lungs contained several 
hydatids of different sizes. 
The ox was exceedingly emaciated—its eyes were sunk in their 
orbits, and the skin adhered to the bones. 
Journal, 
RUPTURE OF THE STOMACH IN THE HORSE. 
ByV ROFESSOR DuPUY. 
At the opening of a cart mare, eleven years old, we remarked 
a bloody-coloured fluid, to the amount of three or four gallons, 
effused in the abdomen. Portions of food were swimming in this 
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