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length of time that elapsed before its effects became shown 
seems to do away with this supposition. 
Another peculiarity was in the marked difference presented 
by the bodies after death ; the one becoming very rigid and 
in a short time passing away, and no rigidity taking place 
in the other. 
INTERNAL HAEMORRHAGE, ASSOCIATED WITH 
INFLAMMATION OF INTESTINES—CAUSE OF 
DEATH? 
By Chas. Moir, Y.S., Glasgow. 
On the 16 th of March last, I was requested by Mr. 
Nixon, of the firm of Nixon and Company—the Navigation 
Coal Company—to go to their works and make a post-mortem 
examination of a horse which had died the day previously. 
As they had lost four horses within three weeks, suspicions 
were entertained that there was foul play going on some¬ 
where. I was also requested to examine the food, water, 
ventilation, &c., which I did, but did not detect anything 
which would account for the mortality among the horses. 
On opening the abdomen, I found a great quantity of 
blood within the cavity which had evidently escaped from a 
ruptured vessel. The intestines were inflamed throughout. 
The mucous coat was soft and could be easily scraped off. 
Large quantities of worms— Lumbricoides —were found in the 
small intestines. The mouth, fauces, and oesophagus, showed 
no trace of inflammation, the cuticular coat being perfectly 
healthy. The kidneys were softened throughout, with the 
exception of a small portion in the very centre. Their 
capsules were completely disorganized, and there was no 
fatty matter surrounding them ; they were almost as easily 
lifted from the psoas muscles, as they could have been from 
off a table. The intercostal muscles, and those of the 
lumbar region near the seat of the kidneys were thickened, 
and gave indications of having been injured at a previous 
period. The ureter and bladder were healthy. The liver 
was firm but pale in colour. The lungs had also a grayish- 
white appearance, but were perfectly pervious. The heart 
was healthy, and contained a very small quantity of blood 
in both of its ventricles. The large bloodvessels were nearly 
empty. 
