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days previous he had been bitten by a stray dog - . The post¬ 
mortem confirmed the diagnosis. In the second case, it was 
a fox terrier, which also died with rabies. On inquiring about 
his history Mr. Williamson was informed that some nine months 
before he had been bitten also by a stray dog. A few days 
before his death he had a small abscess at the place where he 
had been bitten. The difference between the period of incuba¬ 
tion and the length of time elapsed between the two cases is 
evidently most interesting and worth recording.—( Vet. Record .) 
Dislocation of the Third Cervical Articulation- 
Death [By E. JV. Hoare , F.R.C.\\S \.—Lesions of this 
nature are seldom met with, and it is rare that even in more ex¬ 
tensive injuries following runaways such body lesions are not 
more common. This was the case of a mare that ran away and 
received such injurious that when she was caught she was seen 
walking with a staggering gait and depressed head, which she 
was unable to raise ; it was turned to the left side. The right 
side of the neck was much swollen and very tender to the touch, 
and a distinct bony enlargement could be detected at the upper 
part of the cervical region. The respiration was stertorous, 
pulse slow and feeble, pupils dilated, and entire inability to 
swallow liquids or solids. The animal died. At the post-mor¬ 
tem, besides the lesion of the skin and muscles of the cervical 
region, principally on the upper regions of the neck, it was 
found that the third cervical vertebra was dislocated upwards 
and towards the right, the right anterior articular facette being 
completely above that of the dentata. The spinal region 
showed its coverings discolored, while the cord itself was In a 
semi-fluid condition, of the consistency of cream.— {Ibid.) 
Intestinal Obstruction in the Horse [By E. R. Gibson , 
AIR. C. VS .].—Cases of intestinal obstruction in the horse do 
not prove generally of so much interest in a clinical point of 
view, except at the post-mortem, while at times, besides the 
presence of calculi, that of other foreign substances come to give 
the explanation of all the symptoms and of the failure of all 
medication. This case of the author illustrates this, in which a 
horse died after a usual case of colic and in which the following 
was revealed at post-mortem : “ Small quantity of fluid in the 
stomach, pultacious injesta in the small intestine, large colon 
distended and contents dry; the whole of intestinal mucous 
membrane much inflamed. Midway along the small colon there 
was a hard unyielding mass, which, on removal, proved to be a 
piece of rope 18 inches long, made up of io or n strands, inter- 
