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the lameness was hardly perceptible. From April, 1856, to 
February, 1857, the animal continued in comparatively good 
health, but during the space of nine months six abscesses had 
formed in succession and at different parts of the body. 
On the 10th of April the patient was destroyed. 
Autojosia .—In the abdominal cavity an enormous tumour 
was found to exist, which occupied nearly the whole space 
towards the kidneys which is left by the peritoneum. It was 
principally inclined to the left side. Passing under the spine, 
it extended to the right kidney. The weight of this mass was 
six kilogrammes, and it was supposed to be hypertrophy of 
the left kidney. 
METEORIZATION, &c., IN SHEEP. 
By M. Miguel, Veteriuaire. 
An ignorant and idle shepherd conducted a flock of sheep 
in the afternoon, when the dew and dampness could not but 
be dangerous, into a field covered with the wuld red poppy, 
just ready to blossom. In about half an hour after they 
were all meteorized, and seven of them dropped dow n dead, 
as if they had been struck by electricity. Forty minutes 
after, M. Miguel was on the spot. He found the dead ones 
lying on the ground, and by the side of their still-smoking 
carcases, one had its flanks torn into tatters; the rumen, the 
muscles, and the skin, having been burst by the explosion. 
He found the red poppies to be hardly masticated, and evi¬ 
denced by their repelling odour. 
Some of them had rejected large quantities by the mouth. 
In others there w T as prolapsus ani to the extent of sixty 
centimetres. Two of them had died in the act of vomiting. 
The remainder of the flock w r as affected with hoven, and it 
was found necessary to puncture the rumen, w hich was done 
with the ordinary bistoury. Afterwards they recovered, 
without any further trouble. 
On examining the substance vomited, it was difficult to 
conceive how the natural openings could have given passage 
to such enormous masses. Those who w itnessed this catas¬ 
trophe reported that the vomiting and the prolapsus ani 
w r ere accompanied by a loud sound, but that the bursting of 
the rumen was frightful, the animal falling down dead at 
the moment of the explosion. 
