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and could not rise. I found her weak and emaciated (she 
had been poorly fed) but not showing any signs of acute 
disease. When got on to her feet she was not at all distressed, 
and ate and drank well. I gave tonics and good food, but 
she gradually got worse and we could not get her up at all, 
and the owner decided to have her killed, which was done. 
On opening her it was found that the uterus contained five 
calves, all well developed and in a natural condition, consid¬ 
ering the cow had about ten weeks to go. The color of each 
was easily distinguishable, they were very level in size, and 
each about as big as a small collie dog. 1 do not remember 
ever hearing of a case where there were so many as five 
calves at one time in a cow. They looked so very healthy 
that I believe they might have been brought forth in a nat¬ 
ural manner if the cow had been sufficiently well cared for 
during the winter.— Ibid. 
DRY CHOKING. 
By J. McjGavin, M.R.C.Y.S. 
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I was called to an aged draught horse which had been 
brought from the field that day, and had received a feed of 
oats and chaff. He was a greedy feeder, and his molars were 
faulty. He stopped eating when half through his feed, saliva 
flowed from his mouth, he made unsuccessful attempts to 
swallow, also to vomit, and in doing so gave a half shriek 
or squeal. Tympanitis set in, and he seemed much distressed ; 
the oesophagus was swollen on the left side, and I diagnosed 
the case to be dry choking. 
As my experience was limited in such cases, and this 
being the worst I ever had, I taxed all my resources to reduce 
the obstruction. I rubbed the oesophagus gently and tried to 
manipulate the mass. Then tried to drench him with emul¬ 
sions, &c., and after several attempts at drenching he became 
violent and quite unmanageable. As the horse was close at 
hand I watched the case for several hours, gave medicated 
enemas, and relieved the tympany, and after five hours un¬ 
successful treatment I tried the following : I inserted the 
needle of my intratracheal syringe into the center of the 
