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two balls, each containing amnion, carb. 3 ii. About mid¬ 
night the horse, getting worse, was first attended by me, the 
pain very severe—sitting on haunches. On my examining 
per rectum, I found the bowel so tightly contracted that I 
could not introduce my hand more than six or eight inches. 
He died about 7 A. M., eleven hours from the time of swallow¬ 
ing the two balls. 
The post-mortem showed part of the third portion of the 
colon highly discolored, as occurs in strangulation, but I did 
not discover a lesion occasioning it. The stomach was so 
greatly distended by food as to remind one at first sight of 
the rumen of an ox; and amongst the ingesta of the stomach 
were the two balls unbroken and still affording the smell of 
am m onia.— Ibid. 
RUPTURE OF THE BLADDER IN A COW. 
By Jos. Kikk, M.R.C.V.S., Stewarton, N. B. 
On January 20th 1 was called on by a workman from a 
arm about three miles distant to go and see a cow that re¬ 
quired cleansing, “ and that she was down, lifting and groan- 
ng badly.” The owner, who is also a cattle dealer, was in 
Arran at the time and I obtained the following history from 
his wife: 
The cow was bought a month before and was due to calve 
it the end of February; thus parturition took place fully a 
nonth beforehand ; the calf was born dead but labor was easy. 
She seemed all right, and was milking well till the third day 
ifter calving, when she lay down, ate nothing, lifting at the 
lank with frequent moans. On examination 1 found her to 
3e a three-year-old quey, first calf, and in fair condition ; pulse 
quiet and weak, temperature 90° F.; about two feet of cleans- 
ng hanging from the vagina ; labored breathing with fre¬ 
quent moans, eyes dull and sunken, turning her head towards 
he flank, trembling of all the body at intervals ; had passed 
10 urine for a day or two. On attempting to raise her she 
vas not fit to stand upon her feet and fell. I removed the 
)lacenta and syringed the uterine cavity with a warm diluted 
olution of Jeyes’ fluid, passed the catheter but obtained no 
