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RUPTURED STOMACH IN THE HORSE. 
add nothing new to our stock of pathology, may, nevertheless, be 
deemed worthy of being placed on record. I can assure you I am 
very sorry, and a good deal surprised, to find that there has been 
so much opposition on the part of the schools to our Charter, and 
that they have been endeavouring, after so much expense, to say 
nothing of the trouble taken by our worthy President, Mr Thomas 
Turner, to upset the same by petitioning for a fresh one, from 
selfish motives, to blast the prospects of the profession generally. 
I trust the rights and privileges bestowed upon us as a profes¬ 
sional body by our Charter, which has given such general satis¬ 
faction, will remain undisturbed; and that The VETERINARIAN may 
long live to support and defend the same, is the sincere wish of 
Yours truly, 
"James Turner. 
Montreal, Lower Canada, 
January 16th, 1849. 
Ruptured Stomach in the Horse. 
On the 23d of November last, I was called out of bed early in 
the morning to see a chestnut mare, the property of Mr. P. W. 
Dease, of St Catherine’s. The mare was an old patient of mine, 
having on the 2d June 1847 taken a dead foal from her by means 
of embryotomy, and on the 7th August 1848 had her again under 
treatment for spasmodic colic. In both cases she soon recovered, 
and did well. The servant reported, she had taken another bad 
attack of colic, and assured me she had been frequently rolling and 
tumbling about during the night, in the same manner as before. 
Believing his statement to be perfectly correct, I gave him an 
antispasmodic drench along with him, to give her immediately, and 
told him I would follow as soon as I got dressed, and do what I 
thought might be further required. I arrived just as he had 
finished giving the drench, when she had fallen down, and was 
lying in a very awkward position. I got her up with some trouble, 
but found her so feeble that she was unable to stand upon her legs. 
Her pulse was then imperceptible—breathing loud and hurried—all 
her extremities chilly, though not excessively cold—the conjunc¬ 
tival membranes red and inflamed—the whole countenance shewing 
much suffering and distress—mouth cold and dry, with a general 
tremor of the whole muscular system, and the surface of the body 
wet with cold sweat, as if under the most intense rigor of pain 
and suffering. At first sight I was convinced it was neither a case 
of colic nor inflamed bowels. Though I once saw her point distinctly 
to her side, which shewed plainly the seat of pain and disease; it 
