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RUPTURED STOMACH. 
town. A small protrusion is still observable, of about the 
size of one half of a goose egg, cut longitudinally. 
I have mentioned creosote as a remedial agent, and I cannot 
speak too highly of it in cases where wounds are foetid, or 
where unhealthy sinuses exist. This agent was first named 
to me by Assistant-Professor Varnell. 
SINGULAR CASE OF RUPTURED STOMACH. 
By the Same. 
July 27th, 1859. About two o’clock this day my attend¬ 
ance was requested to a draught colt, four years old—I say 
colt, for he had not been broken—the property of K. M. 
King, Esq., of Walford. The animal had been at pasture, at 
West Oyse, where he still was. I was informed by the 
messenger that, a fortnight since, he had fallen off a bridge 
connecting two fields together, into a ditch, and that instead 
of proceeding down the ditch he had turned round, and crept 
through the archway, which no one could have supposed 
possible even for a twelve-hand pony to have done, much 
less a powerfully built draught horse, at least sixteen hands 
three inches high, and in full condition. After a little 
trouble he was got out of the ditch, when there was appa¬ 
rently nothing amiss with him, except a few slight abrasions 
on the body. For a day or two afterwards he was a little off 
his feed, and went somewhat stiffly; but still not more than 
could be expected. On the 26th, it was remarked by the 
farmer, on whose land he was grazing, that he filled himself 
and appeared to have quite lost his stiffness, being playful 
with his companions. 
Early on the morning of the 27th he was found rolling 
about in pain, and to be covered with a profuse sweat. A 
messenger was immediately dispatched for a neighbouring 
practitioner, who promised to attend at once, but failing to 
do so after repeated messages, my aid was requested. 
On my arrival, I found the colt standing in a fixed position, 
and fluid ingesta to be flowing in small quantities from both 
nostrils and mouth. The extremities, and greater part of 
the surface of his bod} 7 was deathly cold ; the pulse was im¬ 
perceptible at the submaxillary artery, and the breathing 
rapid and laborious—in fact he was dying. My prognosis 
rather astonished two or three farmers who had come to have 
