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the cow stable and barnyard, and I confess that I am also 
convinced that it is a righteous and humane act to take horns 
off—at least of those cows that cannot keep peace with their 
fellow creatures. 
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By Riohakd Middleton, D.Y.S., Philadelphia, Pa. 
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COLIC INDUCED BY TORSION OF THE COLON. 
Jelkman first communicated the possibility of diagnosing 
and treating a colic induced by torsion of the colon. Prof, i 
Moeller has also lately proven the same to be practicable, and 
narrates his experience in two cases herewith appended. 
He destroyed horses and maintained them in the upright 
position ; he then removed that portion of the left abdominal 
wall embraced between the last rib, external angle of the 
ileum, and the transverse processes of the lumbar vertebrae. 
Pursuing such a method enables one to observe the move¬ 
ments of the hand in the rectum, and makes it possible to 
assert unquestionably with what part it comes in contact- 
The position in which the longitudinal muscular bands of the 
lower bowel are thrown, is remarkable, and furnishes a means 
of determining the direction of the torsion. 
The method of correction of such a torsion is as follows 
Carry the hand forward in the rectum and well to the left; 
circumscribe the colon and bring it toward the median line, at 
once and carefully moving the hand toward the spine. Fol¬ 
lowing this last motion the intestine falls back in its normal 
position and the aggravated symptoms cease. 
Moeller communicates two cases which came under his 
personal attention. In one of these he distinguished from the. 
rectum the longitudinal muscular bands of the colon, to the 
left, of the median line, leading from the postero-external por-; 
tion of the body in an antero-internal direction. He followed 
the course prescribed above, pressing the colon backward 
and to the right; immediately the gas which had been im¬ 
prisoned in the pelvic flexure escaped and the colic subsided. 
