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ceptible. On raking her, but few faeces were removed, and 
none ever came after clystering. While having my hand up 
the rectum I could feel accumulations of faeces in different 
parts of the large intestines, though they were not by any 
means distended or loaded with dung. I could grasp some of 
these supposed lumps of dung, but did not suspect calculus. 
Examination. —On laying open the abdomen and moving 
the intestines about, the latter appeared beautifully sound; but, 
on pulling them out of the abdomen, I discovered a large 
tumour in a part of the intestines lying on the left side, to¬ 
wards the diaphragm. Having removed them out of the 
abdomen, I spread them apart, and ascertained that the tumour 
lay in a narrow part of the single colon, just leading out of its 
widest part. On laying it open, I found that it contained a 
large calculus, weighing ten ounces. Its greatest diameter was 
four inches and a half, its narrowest four inches, and its thick¬ 
ness two inches and a half. Its surface was uneven and ir¬ 
regular, and of a greyish colour. The calculus has not been 
analyzed. I also found a smaller one, similar to it, weighing 
three ounces and a half, in the double colon. The large one 
was completely impacted within the gut; and in the place 
where it lay a portion of the intestine was almost ulcerated 
through, and gangrenous. 
I have no doubt, from the appearance of the fractured edges 
of the calculi, but that they had been united a short time 
before. 
CALCULUS WITHIN THE INTESTINE OF A DOG. 
By the same. 
Singular Occurrence.—About three weeks ago, a fa¬ 
vourite dog, belonging to Mr. Fernyhough, of the Tranmere 
Hotel, Cheshire, was taken ill. He supposed, it had been poi¬ 
soned, and sent for Mr. J. W. Jones, veterinary surgeon, of 
Birkenhead, who gave him some medicine. This was on Sa¬ 
turday last, and he called again on Sunday, when he found the 
dog dead. At the request of'Mr. Fernyhough he made a post¬ 
mortem examination, and found that death had been caused by 
the presence of a large stone, weighing half a pound, in one of 
the intestines, which had produced inflammation, and terminated 
in mortification. 
Liverpool Mercury , Aug. 6, 1847. 
