RUPTURED AND DECOMPOSED STOMACH IN A COLT. 83 
the stall, and then quite down upon the off side. I at once saw 
that it was all over with my patient. He, however, rose again, 
which 1 hardly expected ; and it was now too evident that I 
was right in my first opinion of the case. The tibia was com¬ 
pletely in two: I had him destroyed. 
I regret I did not see the bone, for the knacker, although told 
to leave me the thigh, sawed the tibia asunder just above the hock 
and below the fracture, and left me the lower half of the leg. 
I will not take up more of your valuable journal by further re¬ 
marks on these cases, for they would be only adding to the number 
of facts on record, that fractured bones may and do exist some 
time without the injury being detected. At last, in many cases, 
and in all my practice, they entirely separate, and it becomes ne¬ 
cessary to destroy the animal. I do confess, that I cannot join 
Mr. Friend in his belief, that the divided bones will generally 
or scarcely ever become re-united. 
A CASE OF RUPTURED AND ])ECOMPOSED 
STOMACH IN A COLT. 
Bj/ Mr, W. S. Wallis, Halstead, 
Oct. 1837.—A VALUABLE Sufiblk-bred cart colt, rising 
two years old, the property of E. G. Barnard, Esq. M.P. was 
observed by the yard-man this morning, to move sluggishly about 
the pasture ; there was a dulness about the eye, and he did not 
feed so well as usual. During the day he appeared to improve 
a little, and as there did not seem to be much the matter with 
him, he was allowed to go at large for the night. 
\4tth ,—There was very little change. At the crib he discovered 
his wonted jealousy lest his partners should obtain more than 
their share, though in this respect he was something like the dog 
in the manger, for he fed sparingly. The symptoms of disease 
were, however, so slight and equivocal, at least in the judgment 
of the looker, who is a better sort of man than those commonly 
found in that capacity, that it was not thought necessary to 
call in any medical assistance. 
15M.—No alteration, except that he looks thinner, and rather 
tucked up at the flank. I was requested to see him in the 
course of the day. About 3 o’clock p.m. I attended. He was 
in the field with tw'o other colts. On rny approach he ran 
towards his companions, and playfully caught one of them by 
the neck, and then snapped at the other, following them towards 
the yard which joined the field, f soon overtook the invalid. 
