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found to support the view taken of it by ]\Ir. Billington ; for 
if we are to ado[)t that view, here was a horse working for 
several days with a ruptured colon, and, as a consequence, 
extravasation of the ingesta covering the whole of the intes¬ 
tines and interior of the abdomen, without producing a symp¬ 
tom indicative of any pain or inconvenience; a state of things 
which I, for one, can most confidently affirm to be utterly at 
variance with my experience, extending, as it does, over a 
period of twenty-five years, and during w hich I have seen a 
great number of cases of rupture of the intestines, all of which 
have, without an exception, been accompanied with the most 
acute pain, and that of an unremitting character, and death, 
generally speaking, resulting in a very few hours afterwards. 
The question, then, that arises in this remarkable case is. At 
wffiat period did the rupture really occur ? I suggest that it 
did not take place until after the 24th, because I consider it 
wholly incompatible with professional experience that the 
horse could have performed his w^ork as described under the 
circumstances stated. 
The view I take of the matter, therefore is, that from the 
commencement it w^as simply a case of indigestion and loss 
of appetite, w hich, from want of proper attention, gradually 
went on to acute inflammation of the bowels, and that the 
rupture of the colon which undoubtedly followed was ac¬ 
companied by the acute symptoms usually indicating its 
existence, although at the time those symptoms presented 
themselves they were unobserved. Having no account of the 
case after the 24th until w^e find it in the hands of Mr. Bil- 
lington when he is called upon to perform the post-mortem 
examination, we have consequently no data to guide us in 
determining the particular question in this most remarkable 
case—namely, the length of time preceding death during 
which the rupture really existed. 
FRACTURED RADIUS SUPERVENING A KICK 
SEVERAL DAYS PREVIOUSLY INFLICTED. 
By ^^Argus.^^ 
The following case may possibly be deemed sufficiently 
interesting for insertion in the Veterinarian ; for though not 
very remarkable, it is, I think, an uncommon one. 
About a month ago, a gray Arab trooper was brought to 
