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half. Depones, That nitre is never given by him in cases of 
spasmodic cholic, and that neither laudanum nor it are at all 
calculated to act as purgatives. Depones, That difficulty of 
duno^inp* is a common attendant of inflammation of the lunsfs: 
but he does not recollect of having seen any case where it was 
attended with gripping pains. Depones, That gripping pains 
and difficulty of dunging are frequent symptoms of peritonaeal 
inflammation. Depones,That inflammation in the bowels is apt 
to excite it in the kidneys. Depones, That there is great danger 
in an ignorant or careless person raking a horse, and giving 
clysters. Depones, That in all cases of the inflammation of the 
bowels, except that of the mucous membrane, the viscera become 
distended, and offer a greater or less obstruction to the hand per 
anum; and at the same time, healthy intestines do so also by 
their natural contraction. Depones, That if it were possible for 
such a tumour as that described by Goudie and Wright to grow 
in the abdomen, of which he is very sceptical, it could only 
produce death by inflammation. Depones, That in the case of the 
mesentery being swelled or thickened from the effects of chronic 
inflammation, it would have a yellowish appearance; but if it pro¬ 
ceeded from acute or recent inflammation, it would have a dark 
red appearance. 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 the kidneys, 
and the growth extending downwards, which growth stopped the 
mouth of the fundament,^’ having been read to the witness, he 
depones. That a tumour pressing upon the rectum, might have 
the effect of impeding the faeces. Depones, That at the posterior 
part of the abdomen, he thinks the length of the mesentery is 
from eight to twelve inches, or thereabout. The description 
of the state of the horse by Goudie and Wright having been 
read over to him, and being interrogated If he can form 
any idea of the cause of its death ? depones. That he con¬ 
ceives it must have died from intussusception, that is, one 
gut protruding into the other. Depones, That this disease i§ 
often produced by costiveness, violent exertion, or any sudden 
alteration of position. Depones, That he never saw a horse live 
more than two days under this disease, and he has known them 
die in twelve hours. Interrogated for the pursuer, depones, That 
the only tumours arising from chronic inflammation that he has 
seen, are small tumours about the size of a walnut, or an egg, 
suspended from the mesentery by a small string of organized 
lymph, and that these must have taken some time to form. 
Depones, That he judges of the length of time a growth or 
tumour has taken to form, from its size and consistency, but 
