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owner’s son, seeing the predicament in which the animal was, 
then had the boldness to pass the probang. 
I arrived on the farm at 9.30 p. m., and the most prominent 
feature which at once attracted my attention was the enormous 
tympany of the rumen. The pulse was not more than 78 per 
minute; the respirations were labored, varying in number in suc¬ 
cessive minutes. The animal occasionally grunted and showed 
signs of acute pain. On the near side I observed great swelling 
of the neck. The owner’s son, on being questioned as to whether 
he had experienced any difficulty in passing the probang, replied 
in the negative, and added that the animal had since swallowed 
oil. I diagnosed the swelling as being due to laceration of the 
oesophageal walls, and fomentations were accordingly applied to 
the swollen parts. A fine trochar was passed into the rumen, 
and the gaseous matter drawn off. The relief was immediate, 
and up to 2.30 a. m. the animal did well, when it suddenly fell 
dead without a groan. I should add that the animal had taken 
small quantities of water in addition to the oil, after the probang 
was passed. 
On the next day a careful post-mortem examination revealed 
an extensive rupture of the oesophagus nine inches in length ; 
the walls were seen to be infiltrated with a gelatanoid exudate, 
and there was also much material effused into the tissues of the 
neck.—( Veterinarian .) 
CORRESPONDENCE, 
A FAITHFUL TRANSCRIPTION. 
To the Editor of the Veterinary Review : 
In perusing the American Veterinary Review'for July, I was 
fairly puzzled when I came to page 170, on which begins an ar¬ 
ticle on “ The Veterinarian as a Member of Society,” by D. P. 
Yonkerman, of Cleveland, Ohio. I was certain I had read some¬ 
thing like it before—nay, that it was more than usually familiar 
to me. Being from home at the time, I could not assure myself 
