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cretions in its structure. From the abdomen is extracted an 
enormous liquid mass, which readily bursts open. It was one 
kidney—the other was removed in the same way. Both 
together were about four times the size of a man’s head. The 
tissue of the organs was all destroyed and what little remained 
of it shows the malpighian bodies of the size of a marble. Both 
kidneys contained about fifteen quarts of liquid.— Ibid. 
, A CASE OF DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA. 
By F. T. Stanley, M.R.C.V.S. 
On the evening of Tuesday, the 5th ult., a mare belonging 
to the Brighton Railway Company showed signs of abdominal 
pain whilst at work. She was brought home at once and was 
apparently relieved of all pain by 10 P. M., after the usual treat¬ 
ment by antispasmodics and stimulants. 
I was sent for next morning as the mare “was not so well.” 
I found her standing and violently shivering. The pulse was 
hard and quick, the extremities cold, and attempts to move the 
mare gave indications that she was sore all over. My diagnosis 
was internal rupture, but I applied mustard and vinegar to the 
limbs and body, had her clothed and bandaged and gave power¬ 
ful stimulants. I failed, however, to get any reaction, and 
informed the manager that the case was hopeless. On visiting 
her again in the afternoon she was moribund, but did not die 
till the morning of the 7th. 
A post-mortem examination disclosed a rupture about two 
inches long in the lower part of the diaphragm, through which 
about two feet of small intestine had passed into the thorax. 
On opening the chest the strangulated portion of intestines was 
found discolored and detached. Possibly the separation 
occurred on removing the contents of the abdomen, but even if 
it did not occur during life the condition is a novel one. 
I think it is uncommon not to have had any sign of 
abdominal pain during the whole of the 6th. As a rule, death 
from strangulated intestine is preceded by six or eight hours of 
