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such an expedient, until, in real fact, all other means had been 
tried and failed ; but it is some consolation to know, that this 
intestinal paracentesis is not so necessarily destructive as it has 
been generally supposed to be. Is there no one of our nu¬ 
merous readers who has experience on this point, and who would 
relate it to us ? 
The existence of introsusception of the ileum, to the strange 
extent of more than two feet, and yet not indicated by a single 
symptom, but either connected with, or the expression of the 
pain which it occasioned lost in the greater torture the animal 
suffered from inflammation of the joints leading on to gangrene— 
this is a singular case recorded by Mr. Cartwright, and de¬ 
serving attention. It seems to have existed from an early period 
of the joint affection ; for during the two days that the colt was 
under Mr. Cartwright’s care no fseces were voided. 
In a case of strangulation of the intestines, related by Mr. 
Rogers, the horse frequently vomited. This is a somewhat un¬ 
usual, but not unprecedented case. 
The present Number contains a case of atrophy in the horse, 
related by Mr. Holford, connected originally with severe local 
inflammation, and by means of which the animal was reduced 
almost to a skeleton. It was long kept at bay by the exhibition 
of tonic and stimulating medicine, of which cantharides formed 
a portion, but the tone of the digestive system could never be 
recovered. 
Professor Dupuy relates one of the most singular cases of 
intestinal lesion which we remember ever to have read of. There 
was a rent of the caeco-gastric portion of the colon near the 
stomach, and the stomach pressing against the opening, seemed 
to permit only the fluid contents of the colon to escape, and 
retained the solid portions. The consequence was, that the 
abdomen contained a considerable quantity of effused fluid : but 
its accumulation beyond a certain point was most curiously pre¬ 
vented—there was a perforation in the fundus of the bladder, 
through which the fluid entered this viscus, and was discharged 
through the usual urinary passages. The horse was continually 
staling, and discharging a semi-fluid faecal production; and 
