CASE OF SOFTENING OF THE LIVER. 129 
laminitis ensuing on pneumonia. It had not fed all the day, 
and had shewed occasional griping pains, by rolling over and 
supporting itself upon its back against the side of the stall. 
7 P.M. —Standing listless; pulse scarcely perceptible at the 
jaw; respiration quick and laborious; membranes pale ; extre¬ 
mities possessing a deathy coldness: in fact, all the symptoms 
of appoaching dissolution. It had passed, per anum, a quantity 
of coagulated blood, with a very offensive smell. I told the 
owner I could do nothing for it: he wished me, however, to try. 
So I gave spts. aether, nit. §j, pulv. opii 3j, aloes Barb. 3iv; 
also clysters of warm water, which brought away more blood. 
8 P.M. —The pony had fallen down, and was making ineffec¬ 
tual efforts to support itself upon its back. Pulv. opii 3 j, 
aquae §iv. 
Left pulv. opii 3j to be given at ten o’clock. The pony, 
however, died about half-past nine. 
Post-mortem, next morning .—On dividing the skin along 
the linea alba, a quantity of foetid gas escaped from the cellular 
tissue. The perinaeum was in a state of decomposition, and the 
abdominal muscles were pale and easily torn. 
The mucous coat of the stomach was studded with spots of 
ecchymosis; the duodenum, jejunum, ileum, and caecum, were 
healthy, as well as the first flexure of the double colon. The 
remainder of the intestine was filled with black coagulated 
blood, and blood was extravasated under the mucous coat, to 
the extent of twelve inches in diameter, and at least two in 
thickness, and the membrane was burst in several places; the 
whole of the colon posterior to the rupture and the rectum 
were intensely inflamed, and would not bear the slightest touch. 
CASE OF SOFTENING AND RUPTURE OF THE 
LIVER. 
By John Paradise, M.R.C.V.S. 
To the Editor of “ The Veterinarian .” 
Dear Sir,—If the following case should be deemed worthy 
of insertion in your valuable Journal, it is quite at your service. 
Your’s obediently. 
The subject was a bay gelding, the property of William 
Phelps, Esq., of this town, which I was requested to attend on 
the afternoon of the 29th of January last. He is 18 years of 
age; had been in the possession of his owner for 11 vears; 
had been regularly hunted up to the 20th of January, and had 
