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in the physics of electricity applied to electro-therapeutics as can 
be readily understood by those not specially trained in electro- 
technics. The attainments of the authors for both practical and 
technical work, by their special training, renders the publication 
of this work under these conditions especially valuable and reli¬ 
able to those interested. 
REPORTS OF CASES. 
A PECULIAR ACCIDENT-RUPTURE OF THE OESOPHAGUS. 
By W. H. Gribble, D. V. S., Washington C. H., Ohio. 
On a warm, sunny Friday afternoon two three-year old colts, 
the property of Glisson Bros., near Washington C. H., Ohio, 
were seen at play, rearing, jumping, and nipping each other ; 
both were seen to stand as erect as possible on their hind limbs, 
facing each other, and then drop to natural position, when one 
of them walked soberly away and the other could not induce it 
to return to the fun. 
At evening, when the colts were put into the stable, the one 
showed itself to be sick ; it made a pretense of eating (at least 
the owner thought it ate), drank a little water, and showed a 
soreness on the left side of neck along the jugular furrow and 
especially a place about midway between sternum and pharynx. 
Saturday morning the left side of neck was considerably 
swollen, about and below the place of most tenderness ; hot ap¬ 
plications and liniments were applied, but the swelling in¬ 
creased. During the day the animal drank some and the owner 
thought it ate a little hay. 
Sunday morning I was called ; and found a badly swollen 
neck, both sides (worse on the left), including the pectoral re¬ 
gion, hot, tender pitted on pressure, all apparently oedematous ; 
yet not a mark on the skin, or even a place where the hair was 
knocked off, that we could find. There was no discharge of 
saliva, the temperature was only ioo° F., pulse 48 and respira¬ 
tions not enough above normal to take any notice of, and this 
two days after the accident; in fact, barring the stiffness and 
swelling of the neck, the animal looked well and moved about 
without difficulty, only holding its head very low. 
On account of the swelling I made no diagnosis, but 
thought the trouble a rupture of the fibres of the mastoido- 
humeralis muscle, caused by over extension. 
I passed a large seton through the skin in the medium fis- 
