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shewing those produced from, perhaps, some diseased imagi¬ 
nation, saying Mr. A. B. and Mr. C. D. had such and such 
cases. Many cases, I know, never existed that are written with 
initials; and I think no cases ought to be admitted into any 
public journal unless they can bear public examination. In all 
the cases I have sent to The VETERINARIAN, or to any other 
paper, to be printed, I have always sent my name and address. 
I do not think these cases are of much use to the veterinary 
profession, they being all incurables; but they are such as 
shew our employers, and such of your readers as the “ Sporting 
Surgeon,” that we veterinary surgeons are not entirely igno¬ 
rant. Besides, it is of some use, in cases of legal disputes, to 
be able to say whether or not rupture of the stomach has taken 
place before or after death. It may take place after death by 
carting, &c., to the place of examination; but this is well 
known to any veterinary surgeon. The edges of the ruptured 
part are not inflamed if the rupture takes place after death; 
but inflammation to a considerable degree exists, extending 
from the edge of the part to an inch or more inwards, according 
to the length of time the animal happens to have survived the 
accident. There are also found, frequently, clots of coagulated 
blood around the torn bloodvessels. 
I am, Sir, 
Your most obedient Servant. 
AN ENEMY IN THE CAMP. 
To the Editor of u The Veterinarian." 
Sir,— Having noticed in your April number a paragraph, 
in which you state that some misapprehension had arisen as to 
a statement in the previous number respecting the presentation 
of copies of the Register to different parties, I naturally looked 
over the list, to see to whom the copies had been presented, 
and felt much pleased when I had done so, at such presentations 
having been made. Since then, however, my feelings on that 
point have altered very materially; since I cannot help regret¬ 
ting that in one instance (and one in which we ought not to 
have looked for it), the presentation has unfortunately been 
made to an official party who has certainly proved himself 
unworthy of it. I allude to the Principal Veterinary Surgeon, 
a man who could have been of great service in the formation of 
