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tice march this horse refused part of his feed, but as he ap¬ 
peared perfectly healthy otherwise, nothing was thought of 
it, as it is a very common occurrence for young horses to re¬ 
fuse their feed when on their first trip. At six o’clock A.M. 
he was saddled and started on the march to the next camp. 
About 8 o’clock a.m. he began to lag, when he was sent to 
the rear of the column in order that he might take his own 
time. From that time on he appeared very stupid and occa¬ 
sionally showed signs of colic. His rider, who being a very 
conscientious man, removed his saddle and equipments and 
loaded them on a wagon, leading his sick horse the rest of 
the way to camp, which was reached about noon. The ani¬ 
mal then stood perfectly quiet for a few minutes, made several 
unsuccessful attempts to vomit, and before a dose could be 
prepared for him he began to tumble and plungq in a fright¬ 
ful manner. Profuse perspiration broke out over the entire 
body. He bit at his flanks and showed all the symptoms of 
acute enteritis, except that he made frequent attempts to 
vomit. In twenty minutes from the time he entered camp he 
was dead. About three minutes before death the symptoms 
relaxed and the animal appeared quite easy for a minute or 
two ; then all of a sudden he dropped and after a feeble strug¬ 
gle was dead. At the post mortem examination, which was 
held immediately after death, a rent about twelve inches in 
length was found in the greater curvature of the stomach. 
The edges of the rupture were terribly inflammed and swollen, 
while the gastric walls a short distance from the rupture 
appeared perfectly healthy. The stomach contained no food 
whatever. Considerable masticated food was found in the 
peritoneal cavity where it had produced terrible inflammation 
in the parts with which it had come in contact. Tympany 
was entirely absent. 
This makes the second case of rupture of the stomach 
during the last six months. It is a great mystery to me how 
it can occur without any apparent cause. 
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INFLUENCE OF FEVER UPON TETANUS. 
A. S. Wheeler, V.M.D., New Orleans, La., in the January 
Journal of Comparative Medicine and Veterinary Archives , re, 
cords the case of a mule affected with apparently fatal tetanus. 
