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from seven to twelve indies in leno'th, and as thick as a troose 
quill; and some of the latter were found along the intestines to 
the parts strangulated. The intestines did not seem in the least 
inflamed or abraded by them, nor were they much affected by the 
medicine, I only thinkino* them a little less active than I have 
seen them when found in the large intestines : one was burst, 
and they all were full and hard. 
The food up to the strangulated part was chiefly soft, and in 
a manner liquid, with the exception of what was in the stomach, 
which was merely disfested or firmly masticated. 
The intestines below the strangulation .—In the small ones the 
food was tolerably liquid, but that in the colon and towards the 
rectum was just moist. 
Observations .—The probable causes of this attack may be 
the horse eating the clover whilst up, and drinking water 
after being turned out, and so producing acute indigestion, 
spasm of the bowels, strangulation, inflammation, and death. 
The most prominent symptoms in this case were, at first, the 
usual ones of belly-ach ; such as rolling about on his back and 
over, looking towards his sides, and once or twice, after he had 
medicine given to him, shewing symptoms of vomiting; breaking 
wind, but not often ; swelled a little ; his pulse and the first blood 
drawn not indicating inflammation; continually batting his tail 
down, as if teased with flies, worms, or bots. Further on the 
symptoms were more indicative of inflammation, the pulse 
becoming more quick and feeble, and the blood drawn shewing 
slight marks of inflammation; and then lay more at length, and 
did not tumble about so much. Within about three hours of his 
death the pain apparently remitted, as he stood still the greater 
part of this time in a sleepy heavy state, only occasionally shew¬ 
ing distress; but his respiration and pulse were much quickened, 
and there was that peculiar look of the eyes hardly to be described, 
such as the great dilatation of the iris; in one position a glistering 
appearance, and in another looking like*a ball of fire. He did 
not void his dung from the first of the attack. 
O X HORSE-STRUCK.” 
By the same. 
In February last, Mr. Fowler, of the Green Dragon public- 
house, had a young horse that was perfectly well over night, and 
was found dead the next morning; and it appeared that he must 
have died suddenly, as the straw was not at all disturbed more 
than usual. On examining him, he was found exactly in a 
