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he refused his food, and was constantly lying down. On exa¬ 
mining him, I found what appeared to me to be an abscess on the 
left side, between the angles of the 11th and 12th ribs, about the 
size of half of a hen’s egg. On pressing it, I was surprised to find 
something with a sharp point run into my finger. I immediately 
caught hold of it with my nails, and pulled it out, which caused 
the dog to give a sharp scream : it was the prickle above-men¬ 
tioned. The owner of the dog now perfectly recollected giving the 
tripe with the prickle in it to him about a fortnight before. The 
dog being a worthless animal, nothing was done to him, and he died 
the following day. It is my opinion he would have lived had 
the prickle been left to work its way out of its own accord. 
Case III.—A Needle found between the Kidneys of a 
fat Pig. 
A large fat pig, belonging to a labouring man, was taken ill on 
a Sunday evening. The animal was lying down, and appeared in 
great pain, making a moaning noise in breathing, and refusing his 
food. The owner wanted to have him slaughtered; but the butcher 
thinking such a transaction on a Sunday evening would spoil the 
sale of the bacon, proposed leaving him till the following morning, 
providing he did not get worse. His advice was acted on, and on 
Monday morning the pig was killed. All the abdominal and tho¬ 
racic viscera appeared healthy, except a dark-looking spot in the 
adipose tissue between the kidneys. On the butcher going to wash 
it away, he ran his hand against the point of a needle. On taking 
it out, it proved to be a darning needle, which the man’s wife had 
lost in the pig’s meat about a fortnight before. The needle was 
three inches and a half in length, and was pointing backwards. 
Up to the Sunday he was taken ill the pig had been feeding well, 
and retained, apparently, his usual health. He weighed 37 stone 
of 141b. 
CASES OF RUPTURED STOMACH AND INTRO- 
SUSCEPTION IN HORSES. 
By James Turner, M.R.C.V.S ., Montreal, Canada. 
To the Editor of “ The Veterinarian .” 
Sir,—I HAVE much pleasure in forwarding you the particulars 
of a singular case of ruptured stomach in the horse, which 
came under my notice a short time since, together with the ac¬ 
companying one of intus or intro-susception, which, although they 
