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the incorrect manner in which Messrs. Harrison and Walton 
conducted the chemical analysis, described by the former 
gentleman in his paper, should have been the cause of my 
troubling you with these remarks. I felt, however, that, as 
Professor of Chemistry to the English Veterinary College, I 
should be omitting a duty were I to remain silent upon so 
important a matter, and one in which the liberty of the 
subject may possibly be involved. 
I am, &c. 
To the Editors of 1 The Veterinarian 
[We have received a communication from Mr. Harrison, 
pointing out two errors in the paper above alluded to. They 
simply refer, however, to dates, and are as follows: 
Page 265, seventh line from the bottom, for 9th of May, 
read 9th of January. 
Page 266, ninth line, for 16th of May, read 16th of 
January.] 
ON SOME OF THE DISEASES OF THE STOMACH 
AND INTESTINES OF THE HORSE AND 
OTHER ANIMALS. 
By Professor Brown, M.R.C.V.S., 
Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. 
Among intestinal affections we occasionally meet with 
a species of spasmodic cholic, presenting the peculiar features 
of obstinacy in progress, and uniform fatality. 
The malady will be best described by reference to certain 
cases : 
First among the instances we have had to treat, we 
remember a grey Arab about eight years old. This animal, 
from his fierceness, was kept in his stall for six weeks, so 
tied that he was compelled to stand during the whole of the 
time. On attempting to remove him to another establish¬ 
ment, the halter ropes were of course loosened, when imme¬ 
diately the animal fell, and gave evidence of violent abdo¬ 
minal pain by rolling and kicking, seemingly incapable of 
rising. A veterinary surgeon of eminence in London saw 
' the case, and directed treatment, which we had an opportunity 
of observing throughout. The symptoms commenced at 
9 0 *clock in the forenoon, and, without amelioration, continued 
