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and from this date the bowels ceased to act; he died February 
8th, thirty days from that on which he was first attacked. 
A very slight distension of the bowels was first observed 
about February 1st, and this gradually increased till his death; 
but the symptoms were never severe. He partook of very 
little food, and also drank but little throughout the attack. 
The food offered him consisted principally of mashes and 
gruel. He was never observed to paw his litter, a symptom 
most prominent, and scarcely ever absent in cases of abdo¬ 
minal disturbance arising from the existence of calculi. 
I may here remark that I had communicated my opinion 
to the owner, for upwards of a fortnight previous to death, 
that I suspected the existence of a calculus. 
As may be supposed, the patient had fallen off considerably 
in condition. His death did not appear to be attended by 
any increase of suffering. 
Fost-mortem examination ,—On laying open the abdomen the 
viscera were found covered with ingesta; the intestines ex¬ 
hibited but little inflammation,excepting a portion of the single 
colon, in which a rupture had taken place, and a calculus 
of the oat-hair description, weighing about four pounds, had 
escaped into the cavity. 
About two thirds of another calculus, of the same de¬ 
scription, and "of nearly the same size, was impacted in the 
rectum; the remaining portions were found in the single 
colon. 
The horse had been in his owner’s possession for several 
years, but had not been subject to any attacks of colic. 
BOTANY AS APPLIED TO VETERINARY SCIENCE. 
By W. Watson, M.R.C.V.S., Rugby. 
(^Continuedfrom p. 11 .) 
Poisoning of Heifers with the Woody Nightshade. 
In my last communication, after making some general 
remarks on the poisonous plants, I was about to relate a case 
of poisoning by the Solanum dulcamara which came under 
my notice a short time ago. But before doing so, however, I 
think a brief description of its botanical characters will be 
of interest to the profession. 
