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noticed a strong smell of ammonia, and a great tendency of the 
wound to bleed; the clots were very thin and soft in texture. I 
argued that according to Richardson’s theory the NH 3 formed 
here, as a result of fermentation, acted upon the fibrin as a sol¬ 
vent ; I accordingly dressed the wound with dry oakum dusted 
well with salicylic acid, with very satisfactory results. 
INTESTINAL INVAGINATIONS. 
By De. T. J. Tubnee, D.V.S. 
The case hereafter noted having come under my observation 
and to me of much interest, I thought perhaps it might 
also prove of interest to others. It was a case of invagination 
in a two-months-old colt of the draft breed. About 10 a. m. of 
September 20th, Mr. Russel called at my office, and says, “ I have a 
colt about one and one-half miles out, I wish you would go and 
see. He is a little ailing.” 
Upon questioning him as to time of colt’s sickness, he said, 
u he seemed to be a little dauncy yesterday, for he did not seem to 
be hungry, and when he ate a little he walked off and lay down. 
This morning he would not eat, but lays down considerable. 
Thought he was swollen in the flank a little.” I went out in about 
one-half hour, expecting to find a case of indigestion with probably 
some tympanitis. When I arrived at Mr. Russel’s, I found colt 
had been dead about twenty minutes. I suggested a post mortem 
and we took colt off and held it. Upon opening abdominal cav¬ 
ity, found much gas contained in the viscera and stomach. Then 
thought I had a case of tympanitis. There was not much but 
gas in them. I never once thought of invagination, and was re¬ 
moving the viscera when I felt a hard substance in one of them. 
It attracted my attention, and upon examination I found it to be 
an invaginated bowel. It was a portion of the large intestine, 
and adhesions had begun to take place. The upper end was 
almost in a state of decomposition and was much hypertrophied. 
The passage was completely closed, even gas would not pass. 
I unraveled the invaginated portion and found ten feet involved. 
Colt defecated that morning. How would you be able to diag¬ 
nose it ? I think not at all, and that in this inability we may 
