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A CASE OF STRANGULATION OF THE RECTUM. 
Mr, F. Fuller, V,S.y March, Cambridgeshire, 
the 3d inst. I was requested to attend a coach-horse, the 
property of the Rev. A. Peytons : the groom who came for me 
told me the old horse had been bad all night, with his old com¬ 
plaint, the gripes* The coachman had bled him, and given him 
^iv spirit terebinth., with some castor oil, and raked him before I 
saw him, which was about noon. I found him labouring under 
acute enteritis ; pulse 110 ; the membrane of the eyes and nose 
liighly inflamed ; mouth particularly hot and dry ; breath very 
offensive ; extremities and ears cold ; shivering, with cold sweats. 
After giving my opinion, the horse was ordered to be shot imme¬ 
diately. 
Post-rnorlem JE,xamination .—Upon opening the abdomen the 
bowels presented a very high inflammatory appearance, particu¬ 
larly about the colon and rectum. At about four or five feet from 
the anus there was a complete strangulation of the rectum, formed 
by a ligamentous band, which completely intercepted ail passage. 
1 have herewith sent you a rough sketch of the strangulated 
part. 
