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days later another attack occurred, which lasted but a few 
minutes and low diet was prescribed. Two weeks later, the 
horse having resumed his work, another slight attack of nausea 
occurred, and fifteen days after a repetition of the same symp¬ 
tom but no more vomiting, and he has since then enjoyed per¬ 
fect health. The author queries as to the cause of the trouble. 
Was it a distention of the cardia, or was it due to a special 
nervous irritation .—Annal de Belgiq. 
NUMEROUS (ESOPHAGEAL POLYPI IN A COW. 
By Mr. Maur. 
According to Zundel, this is a rare affection among our 
domestic animals, and Johne mentions only one case occurring 
in the horse, with a few rare instances in ruminants, and even 
in these the neoplasts were few in number and quite small in 
size. Mr. Maur has met with a case full of interest, in a cow 
seven years old, which had been for six months suffering with 
a cough, but slight at first, but at length becoming quite 
troublesome. It was at first thought to be a symptom of 
slight bronchitis, but later an irregular swelling, visible only 
after eating, was observed in the left jugular groove. By de¬ 
grees the tumor became more defined, the passage of the food 
through the oesophagus became more difficult, and violent 
efforts became necessary to accomplish the act of deglutition. 
A more or less tympanic condition followed each meal, but 
this usually subsided after half an hour with frequent and noisy 
eructations. Regurgitation was quite easy, but rumination, 
irregular at first, soon ceased completely. With the exception 
of the cough, the respiratory function was about normal. 
After an interval the tumor became more prominent, increasing 
during meals, but subsequently diminishing. It was soft, de- 
pressible, without heat and but little painful under pressure, 
but it was immovable and irreducible. An oesophageal jabot 
was suspected and as after some time the cow began to lose 
flesh, she was destroyed. At the post-mortem, the oesophagus 
was found to be the seat of numerous growths which, accord¬ 
ing to Professor Gratia, who examined them, proved to be of 
a papillomatous nature,— Ibid , 
