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so laborious, that at last it could scarcely breathe at all, except 
through the mouth. On examining the animal we were con¬ 
vinced that the difficulty of breathing arose from the nasal pas¬ 
sages being obstructed by masticated food. The clearing out of 
the nostril by means of a probe rendered the breathing quite 
easy and natural; but on account of the greediness of the ani¬ 
mal, in about twelve or sixteen hours the nose was again stop¬ 
ped up, and the breathing became as bad as ever. All efforts to 
remove this palsy of the top of the throat were futile, and, before 
the horse had been under our hands fourteen days, inflammation 
of the lungs came on, caused, doubtless, by some portions of the 
masticated food having passed through the glottis into the trachea 
and bronchi. The appearances after death were somewhat ob¬ 
scure, and we could find no mechanical cause for this affection, 
either in the nasal or laryngeal passages. 
Vomiting of Food in Cattle. —Two draught oxen, which had 
been employed in drawing clover, devoured too much of it, and 
were attacked with violent vomitings, which lasted twenty-four 
hours, and during which an amazing quantity of imperfectly 
masticated food was thrown up. These vomitings, however, 
were productive of no bad consequences, for, after they had 
ceased, the animals were again as well as before. 
Violent Diarrhoea^ with Inflammation of the Umbilicus .— 
During this year there has frequently appeared among calves 
and foals, a violent and, to all appearance, an inflammatory 
diarrhoea, which, if not suppressed in time, destroyed them. In 
the post-mortem examination of these animals, the essential dif¬ 
ference observable was always an inflamed state of the umbilical 
artery from the navel to the bladder. The yjarietes of the blad¬ 
der were very much thickened and softened, and a collection 
of matter was found under its peritoneal covering. The only 
specific and sure medicine to be given to young calves and foals, 
affected by this disease, is the kali sulphuratum, of which half a 
tea-spoonful at a time may be administered. 
Protrusion of the Rectum, —This disease appeared succes¬ 
sively in three young pigs in different sties, and therefore seemed 
to have had some common cause. It arose, as we afterwards 
discovered, from obstruction of the intestine. We operated upon 
them, and one animal was cured ; but the others died, one on 
the third, and the other on the fifth day after the operation— 
not, however, in consequence of the operation, but from the 
large intestine having been previously ruptured. 
Polypus in the Rectum. —A person who had bought a twelve- 
year-old brown Wallachian horse, remarked, not without surprise, 
that after every voiding of dung a fleshy swelling of the size of 
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