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4th.—The bowels had been freely opened, and the animal 
appeared somewhat easier than on my preceding visit. 
On the oth the stifle again became the seat of abscess, 
and on the 8th a pectoral abscess was opened; the animal’s 
powers were much weakened, but he still continued to take a 
little food, and by the aid of a man on each side to support 
him, he was enabled to suck the mother. 
12th.—The bowels were again obstinately constipated, and 
evidently the seat of acute pain, accompanied by frequent 
efforts to void both faeces and urine. A small catheter was 
passed, but the bladder was found to be almost empty. Upon 
the withdrawal of the instrument, however, a large quantity 
of purulent matter was voided per anum, evidently showing 
that an abscess had formed in some part of the rectum. He 
was now entirely off his feed, taking nothing but the wine 
and eggs, which had been regularly administered since they 
were first ordered. His strength, notwithstanding all our 
efforts, gradually diminished until the 16th, when he died. 
Autopsy. —The whole of the small intestines were studded 
in different parts with petechial spots, and, upon cutting 
into the gut, it was found throughout to be gorged with 
purulent matter. The whole of the abdominal and thoracic 
viscera were softened in their structure, and an abscess had 
formed in the left ureter, midway between the kidney and 
bladder. 
CASE OF HERNIA. 
By G. Lewis, M.V.C.E., Monmouth. 
An entire colt, three years old, half bred, was placed under 
my care for hernia, which had existed for nearly two years, 
and as it continued to increase in size, the owner desired me to 
operate upon it. The hernia was as large as a man’s hat, and 
situated on the near side, directly below the cartilages of several 
of the false ribs. I will not trouble your readers with details, 
but suffice it to say that the horse was placed under the in¬ 
fluence of chloroform before the operation was commenced. 
I then made an incision, nine inches in length, over the 
sac, through the skin and panniculus carnosus, after which I 
laid open the sac, and having excised some portion of 
omentum, my assistant, Mr. C. Cunningham, keeping in the 
bowels with a wet cloth, I took a needle armed with a metallic 
