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the 26th, and passed the catheter ; of course this gave great 
relief. Her appetite returned; she began in a day or two to eat 
heartily, aud in two weeks I took her out of the slings, took down 
all fixings from the neck, and set her at liberty. Two days after 
getting out of the slings she aborted her colt. Now she is doing 
well, feeding and taking exercise as if nothing had happened to 
her. 
INANITION OF A FOWL FROM AN OBSTRUCTION IN THE 
PROYENTRICULUS. 
By Chas. H. Flynn, D.V.M. 
There was recently brought to my infirmary a Plymouth Pock 
cockerel, which, the owner said, had been declining the previous 
three weeks. 
Examination showed the fowl to be wasted to nearly a 
skeleton ; the abdomen nearly empty, the ingluvies nearly full. 
Upon questioning the owner, I found that the wants of the 
fowl had been well provided for, and as I could find no signs of 
any particular disease, I told my patron the best I could do was 
to make a post-mortem examination. To this he consented, and 
after destroying the fowl, we found the cause of the trouble to 
be the sacrum of another fowl firmly lodged in the proventriculus, 
and causing a complete stoppage of the tract except to liquids, 
thus causing gradual starvation. 
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES. 
AMERICAN VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
The commencement exercises of this institution took place 
on the 4th of March at Chickering Hall, before a large number 
of friends of the graduates, alumni, and of the college, who 
crowded the house a long time before the orchestra of the Sev¬ 
enth Regiment struck up the opening march. 
The platform was occupied by the Board of Trustees and the 
Faculty, and the exercises were opened by the President, F. H. 
Weisse, M.D., of the Board of Trustees, who, at the call made by 
Prof. A. Liautard, delivered the diploma and degree of D.V.S. 
to the following graduates : 
