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nut, about an inch from the termination of the oesophagus, 
smooth around the edges, as if the discharge of pus had 
existed for some time. An abscess had formed between the 
coats of the stomach, and there was a good deal of thicken¬ 
ing in its vicinity, but the rupture, as you have already per¬ 
ceived, had not taken place at the seat of the abscess, but 
along the greater curvature. Several times I have met with 
abscesses in the mesentery, a termination of strangles, &c., 
but this is the first I have seen in the stomach. I think 
in this case the abscess in the stomach had been forming 
along with the others. I firmly believe that the food had 
passed out at the rent as it passed in at the mouth, and that 
for at least two days before death, as the quantity found was 
as much as four times more than a horse’s stomach could 
contain, and this is the only way I can account for the ab¬ 
sence of more acute symptoms. The mare had lost flesh, 
and the membranes were blanched a good deal from the 
effects of the disease. 
AN UNCOMMON CASE OF TRAUMATIC TETANUS. 
By R. H. Dyer, M.R.C.V.S., Waterford. 
The subject of the present paper is an aged gelding, the 
property of a client residing in the country. On the 28th of 
December last the animal was sent here to be fired in the 
hind legs for a very large ganglionic swelling, situated about 
the fetlock joints. My instructions were to fire severely, 
and to puncture the large sac, and introduce a seton if I 
wished. Upon examination I found the ganglion very hard 
indeed, and was of opinion that any treatment I could adopt 
would be useless. However, I carried out the instructions 
as far as I deemed prudent, which was simply using the 
actual cautery in an ordinary way, without penetrating the 
skin. 
The animal was immediately taken home, and all appeared 
to be going on well, as I was informed. It so happened that 
the owner was riding to hounds on the 21st of January, and, 
unfortunately, the horse he was mounted upon met with an 
accident, having severely wounded the left carpus. A tele¬ 
gram was received by me, requesting a spee'dy attendance. 
When at the stables I asked to look at the horse which had 
been fired, and I was informed he was doing very well ; but 
on opening the stable-door I perceived him to be tetanic . 
