INTESTINAL INFLAMMATION. 
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Wth ,— Called to see him ; but he being a good distance in the 
fields, and the owner being confident of his improvement, I did 
not think it necessary to fetch him up. 
Oct. Is^.—Between this date and the last visit, I occasionally 
inquired after the animal, and was told by the owner, that he 
gradually improved, and that he now certainly anticipated the 
recovery of the animal. 
24/A.—I was requested to see him again. He was thinner 
than ever; indeed, if it be possible for a living skeleton to 
exist, this was one. I told the owner that I feared some inter¬ 
nal abscess had formed, or extensive chronic disease was going 
on internally, and I consequently gave him no hopes of recovery. 
By his request, I sent the tonic medicine as before. He fed as 
greedily as from the first, until about a week after this; when 
one morning he was found dead in the stable, and to all appear¬ 
ance had died without a struggle. 
Post-mortem Pxaminatioru —Bowels inflamed ; kidneys en¬ 
larged, and of a pale clay colour through the cortical and me- 
dullary substance. In the pelvis of each there was a collection 
of pus. Liver diseased, and the finger thrust through any part 
with the greatest ease. 
On the left side of the loins, an abscess containing nearly a 
pint of thick matter was found. The coats were remarkably 
thick, and of a scirrhous texture on the inferior surface; the 
heart w^as enlarged and flabby. Bronchial tubes filled with 
mucus. 
Lungs congested; and at the apex of each lobe there was a 
few scirrhous tubercles, about the size of marbles. 
INFLAMMATION OF THE MUCOUS MEMBRANE OF 
THE INTESTINES. 
Py Mr. J. G. Webb, London. 
The patient was a brown mare, the property of Mr. Woolf, 
and five years old. On the 10th of July I was requested to see 
her, when the following symptoms presented themselves :—Fre¬ 
quent rising and falling ; the sphincter ani relaxed, and continual 
discharge of liquid faeces, with much mucus; the conjunctival 
and Schneiderian membranes highly injected; respiration quick¬ 
ened ; extremities of an icy coldness ; great agitation of the tail; 
and the animal much tucked up. Pulse 123. 
The mare had been unwell three days; and, on the fourth, she was 
driven four journeys to Greenwich and back, a distance of nearly 
