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excite it in the kidneys, but it is not commonly the case. De¬ 
pones, That there is danger in an ignorant or careless person 
raking a horse and giving clysters. Depones, That in all cases 
of inflammation of the bowels, the viscera become distended, and 
offer a greater or less obstruction to the hand per anum; which at 
the same time healthy intestines may do also by their natural 
contraction. Depones, That such a growing as has been described 
would be likely to produce grippings, and gripping produce in¬ 
flammation. Depones, That in his opinion a growth upon the in¬ 
testines or kidneys, as that described by Goudie and Wright, would 
only produce death by inflammation, which might or might not 
proceed to mortification. Interrogated for the pursuer, depones. 
There is a great difference between a growth or tumour occasioned 
by chronic inflammation and one caused by acute inflammation, 
in regard to the time in which it is produced, and its appearance 
when produced. Depones, That on inspection of the tumour, he 
should judge of the time in which it was produced from its size 
and structure. Depones, That if such tumours were about the 
size of a man’s foot, and of the consistency of a cow’s udder, he 
should consider it caused by chronic inflammation, and of consi¬ 
derable standing, though he could not specify the time. De¬ 
pones, That he considers that a growth, such as described, 
extending downward, and interrupting the faeces, would account 
for partial obstruction and evident difficulty in the animal’s 
dunging. Depones, That in the event of a horse dying from a 
tumour in the intestines, occasioned by acute inflammation, the 
bowels of the animal would exhibit symptoms of inflammation 
on dissection. Depones, That a tumour produced by chronic 
inflammation would not produce death by obstruction, without 
inflammation as the effect of that obstruction. Depones, That 
at the commencement, and during the progress of a growth in 
the intestines, occasioned by chronic inflammation, it is probable 
that the horse would be occasionally unwell. Depones, That he 
has seen growths or tumours, w'hich, from their appearance, 
might have varied from a few days to a few months in coming 
to the state in which he found them. Re-interrogated for the 
defender, depones. That in case of the mesentery being swelled 
or thickened from the effects of inflammation, it would have the 
appearance of a yellow jelly or fatty like substance. Depones, 
That he now recollects the case of a mare, in which large bloody 
tumours, about the size of a person’s fist, were found in the 
mesentery running along the spine, which had been produced 
by acute inflammation. The evidence of Charles Goudie, where 
he states that he had made a thorough inspection of the cause 
of the death, and found the small guts growing to the back at 
