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STRANGULATED INTESTINE, AND RUPTURE OF 
THE STOMACH OF A HORSE. 
By G. Cooke, M.R.C.Y.S., Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 
The animal from which the morbid parts sent were taken 
was a nice little horse, aged, and about fifteen hands one inch 
high, the property of Percy Westmacott, Esq., of the firm of 
Sir W. G. Armstrong and Co., of the Elswick Ordnance 
Works, near this town. 
The horse was of a very quiet temperament, being fre¬ 
quently driven by Mrs. Westmacott; well made, with deep 
chest, long back ribs, and good loins, and was considered by 
good judges as a compact little horse, with a capital constitu¬ 
tion. He was, however, a gross feeder, and would eat his 
bedding when he could not get anything better. He had 
been in Mr. Westmacott’s possession for about three years, 
and was a bad customer to us for medicine, having never had 
anything but one ball during the whole time he has been in 
his owner’s possession. 
A few weeks ago the groom perceived that he had a slight 
eruption of the skin. I need not enter into the nature of this 
eruption, as it was of so little consequence as to be scarcely 
worth notice. He asked his master’s permission to give him 
a dose of physic. The latter objected, saying that the horse 
ailed too little to require it; that he had an objection to 
physicking his horses, and that this one had never had any 
medicine of any kind since he had been in his stable—three 
years. Eventually Mr. Westmacott, with scarcely any 
demur, consented that he should have a dose of physic. 
Accordingly he was, as I am informed, properly prepared, 
and had a five drachm purging ball duly administered to him. 
The bail purged him “ canny/’ as they say here, i. e. } in 
English, properly, sufficiently, and moderately. On the 
morning of the third day, the dung assumed its natural con¬ 
sistence, and the horse fed well during the day, and appeared 
well when the groom left him for the night. 
About midnight of this said third day, a neighbour of the 
owner of the horse heard an unusual noise in Mr. West- 
macott’s stable, and promptly apprised him of the fact. 
He found his horse rolling and kicking about in his stall, 
and at once sent to our establishment for advice and as¬ 
sistance. 
An assistant, who resides on the premises, and in whom 
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