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J. E. WINCHESTER. 
stomach, which consisted of foreign matter. The organs in 
thoracic cavity normal. The blood vessels under the pia ma¬ 
ter in the convolutions of the brain were congested, and also 
the plexi in the three ventricles. 
The dog that was bitten May 17th died June 12th, having 
been sick a few days, and the owner told me he had the same 
actions as the dog that bit him. Prescribed during his 
sickness. 
PERITONITIS AND ABNORMAL SPLEEN. 
October 1st, castrated chestnut colt seventeen months old. 
The manipulation easy and soon over. Colt got up all right, 
no bleeding, put in box-stall, tied up, given hay to eat. 
October 3d. Visited the colt. He was bright, active, 
good appetite, full of life, and it required some tact to open 
the scrotum, w T hich was done, and the usual amount of serum 
was found. 
October 12th. Was called and found colt dead at noon. 
History.— Saturday, the 10th, he was apparently all right, 
eating well and in good spirits, not any unusual degree of 
swelling of scrotum, the openings discharging well. Sunday, 
the nth, did not feel well, but ate until evening. No marked 
pain, but his head was dowrn and dull. Monday, the 12th, up 
and down during the morning, but no pawing or acute pain, 
and at noon he died without a struggle. 
Post-mortem.— Chestnut gelding, seventeen months old. 
Not bloated, body warm, well marked rigor mortis, scrotum 
some swollen, holes open and discharging apparently normal 
pus. Removing abdominal muscles, found the peritoneum 
inflamed, and opening the same, serum poured out copiously. 
The small colon was blushed light red in color, the same with 
the large colon. The small intestines were very red, of deep 
carmine color, and peritoneum dark red, and the blood ves¬ 
sels in the peritoneum were filled and well defined. 
On the right side and under the stomach found an organ 
shaped like the spleen, weighing about three pounds, dark 
blue in color, spongy texture; the capsule on side next 
stomach ruptured and covered with coagulated fibrin, 
