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wished her destroyed, which was done by etherizing. On 
post mortem all organs seemed normal, other than being 
- surrounded with immense quantities of fat, except the heart, 
which was somewhat hypertrophied; upon examining its 
interior a most beautiful specimen of calcified valves, the 
bicuspid showing the most changes, was discovered. 
HERNIA OF THE INTESTINES THROUGH THE 
MESENTERY IN A HORSE. 
On December 9th I was called to see a black mare, and 
found her suffering severe abdominal pain, the history being 
that she had been all right previously, in fact had never 
suffered any illness with the present owner; had been ridden 
in the ring that evening, but on coming into the stable 
showed severe pain. The usual anodyne treatment was pre¬ 
scribed and administered, and in about twenty minutes 
seemed to give very great relief. She was then left, with 
orders to call us again if she did not get better. At 11:30 I 
was called again, and on arrival found her with constant pains, 
and wishing to lie down all the time; when made to rise she 
would walk in a circle and finally throw herself down. Every 
effort was made to relieve the pain, but to no purpose, and a 
serious prognosis was given. She died early the next morn¬ 
ing, was brought to the hospital and a post mortem made. 
Upon opening the abdominal cavity a portion of the intes¬ 
tines showed strangulation, and upon looking for the cause 
of it we found a rupture of the mesentery adjacent to the 
foramen of Winslow, and through this rupture a portion of 
the intestines, measuring twenty-one feet, had passed; one 
border of the rupture formed a cord, which was wound 
around the portion forming the hernia, so to speak, like a 
ligature. 
TAPE WORMS IN A CAT. 
On January 12th a cat was admitted, and upon examina¬ 
tion found to be suffering with gastro-intestinal irritation and 
profuse diarrhea, which the owner said she had had for three 
days; he had administered bismuth and opium, which we 
changed to cannabis indica, which seemed to relieve the 
pain very well, but she gradually became paralyzed in the 
