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night and following da}'. Upon my arrival, at 10 p.m., I 
found my patient in a very dejected condition; the head 
pendant between his fore legs; the surface of skin in patches 
of cold perspiration; the extremities also cold; the pulse 
almost imperceptible, and running down; the visible mucous 
membranes pale in colour; a peculiar quivering of the cer¬ 
vical portion of the panniculus, and frequent attempts made 
to urinate. While I was present he also made two or three . 
efforts to vomit, when he voided by his nostrils a large 
quantity of pale-coloured fluid, of an extremely acetous 
odour, after which he became tranquil for a few seconds, 
and drank a little meal and water that was offered to him. 
Soon after he became very restless, and trembled violently, 
but did not lie down nor sit on his haunches. I came to the 
conclusion that it was a case of rupture of some portion of 
the alimentary canal, most probably of the stomach, and at 
once told the proprietor I considered it a hopeless case, 
and prognosticated a speedy death. He, however, urged me 
to do something for the poor animal, and to pacify him I 
with difficulty administered a mild stimulant in the form of 
draught, when the pain became more violent, and the animal 
died in about half an hour from my arrival. 
Upon inquiry, I ascertained that the horse had had several 
slight attacks of colic during the last six months, but these 
had passed off without assistance, and the owner thought 
this would do the same. . 
Post-7nortcm examination, twelve hours after death.—On 
cutting through the abdominal parietes, a large quantity of 
ingesta was seen free in the peritoneal sac. Upon searching 
for the stomach, I found it extensively ruptured, and per¬ 
fectly empty, the omentum being covered with its contents. 
The intestines here and there presented a slight inflam¬ 
matory blush. The anterior lobe of the right lung was 
highly congested. The heart was normal, but the blood 
throughout the body was fluid, dark coloured, and of the con¬ 
sistence of treacle. 
I fear the parts will be found by you much decomposed. 
ENORMOUS TUMOURS IN A COW. 
By R. S. Reynolds, M.R.C.V.S., Mansfield. 
A 2 )ost-mnrtem examination of a case that had been for 
some time under my care revealed the following extraordi¬ 
nary phenomena, an account of which you may not deem 
