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there. I did not like to make the opening any larger to enable 
me to be positive of its nature, so inserted a pair of forceps and 
took hold of the hard substance I had found. 
I gave a pull, the dog yelped and I brought out what ? A 
piece of a fractured rib ? No ! but a hardwood meat skewer, 
four and one-half inches in length and one-eighth of an inch 
thick, which I offer for your examination. I did not faint 
away, nor did I think I had discovered a four-footed skewer fac- 
tory, but I will acknowledge that I was surprised and relieved; 
surprised because I did not not see how a dog of that size could 
swallow a log of that length and live ; relieved because I knew 
my reputation was saved. 
I called in the family, who were still in tears, to see the pug, 
who was a good deal more lively than before the operation. 
After dressing the wound and putting a bandage around 
him, I asked for a history of the skewer, and they at once re¬ 
membered (but had forgotten it when I first asked for a history 
of the case) that they had seen him with a piece of meat on the 
skewer a few days before I was first called, and they made a 
grab for it, fearing that he would swallow it, but the dog grabbed 
too, and they could not find the skewer, although they did not 
believe he had swallowed it, but from the sequel he had done so. 
The pug made a rapid recovery, but he always growled 
whenever I went to see him afterwards; he evidently felt that I 
ought to have helped him sooner, and perhaps he was right. 
ACUTE INDIGESTION. 
By Dr. W. Story, Princeton, Ill. 
(A paper read before the Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association.) 
The stomach of a horse is small in proportion to the size of 
the animal, and digestion takes place quickly. A horse can 
undergo pretty severe exertion after a hearty meal without 
showing any inconvenience. 
However, the stomach of a horse is liable to derangements, 
and perhaps the most serious is acute indigestion. It is very 
