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finely masticated hay which had passed into the trachea during 
the frequent attempts of deglutition. On further examination I 
found a violent inflammation of both lungs, which I thought veri¬ 
fied my diagnosis; all the other organs were normal. 
A SINGULAR CASE OF CRAMP LASTING FOUR DAYS WITHOUT 
INTERMISSION. 
\ By The Same. 
The patient was a large bay gelding twenty years of age of a 
very nervous temperament; was used steadily for draught work. 
March 17th I was called by his driver to put back his stifle ; his 
driver said he had always been well. The day before he had 
worked as usual, but this morning he was unable to back him out 
of his stall. His off limb was perfectly rigid ; he bore his weight 
on it and rested the other hind limb. I found there was no taxa¬ 
tion. no tenderness, no swelling. The affected limb was much 
colder to the touch than the other; appetite very good, spirits 
good and everything else about him normal. All the muscles of 
the limb below the external angle of the ilium were in a state of 
tonic contraction, and he could not move itfrom the floor ; attempts 
were made to flex and extend the limb by force, but they were 
of no avail. Potassium nitras was given in his drinking water, 
and laxative doses of magnesium sulphas in his feed. Counter- 
irritants with friction and hot fomentations were applied externally 
to the limb, but the tetanic rigidity continued without intermis¬ 
sion until the fifth morning, when the muscles were in their nor¬ 
mal state. The horse went to work immediately without any 
soreness in the limb, nor has he had any trouble since March 20th, 
the date of his recovery. 
GASTROTOMY IN A ROOSTER. 
By W. R. Howe, Y.S. 
On the evening of Feb. 10th Mr. John Oats brought to my 
office a fine game cock, which he said had swallowed a bone sev¬ 
eral days previously, and was sick. On examination a large mov¬ 
able prominence could easily be felt at the breast. After trying 
and failing to remove it by the mouth, and the owner declaring 
