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RUPTURE OF THE VENA CAVA. 
case to the contrary on record; and I am sure I never saw one. 
When I write again upon this subject I will send you some suc¬ 
cessful cases, with the mode of treatment adopted. Jn two in¬ 
stances the animals might almost be said to have risen from the dead. 
Yours, most respectfully. 
14th September, 1849. 
RUPTURE OF THE VENA CAVA IN A SOW. 
By Caustic. 
A SHORT time ago I was requested to attend upon a sow, about 
a mile from my house. I happened to be going that way, so I was 
quickly upon the spot, though not before the pig was dead. I 
ascertained she had eight pigs about a month old, and was herself 
in good health. She ate a hearty breakfast, but in a few minutes 
afterwards began to vomit, and to stagger as she walked, espe¬ 
cially with her hind quarters. These symptoms increased until her 
death, which took place in about an hour afterwards. 
Post-mortem examination .—The contents of abdomen healthy 
but pale; the heart and lungs the same; but in the thorax I found 
about three quarts of dark coagulated blood, which, upon closer 
examination, I discovered had escaped through a rupture in the 
vena cava, at the place where it enters the thorax, after having 
pierced the diaphragm. This, of course, accounted for death. 
Not having seen a similar case on record, I thought it would be 
acceptable to your pages. 
SEVERE CASE OF IDIOPATHIC FARCY ON THE 
FACE OF A HORSE. 
By Mr. W. A. CARTWRIGHT, M.R.C.V.S., Whitchurch , Salop. 
“ When the head^itself becomes the part attacked by farcy, we may enter¬ 
tain the greatest apprehension of glanders approaching.” 
PercwalFs Hippopathology , vol. iii, p. 309. 
On Monday, February 7th, 1848, I was called in to attend a 
large strong half-bred cart horse, ten years old, the property of 
Mr. Betteley, of Ightfield Heath. He was in good condition, and 
every care was taken of him. There was thought to be but little 
