REPORTS OF CASES. 
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constant appetite, the emaciation was increasing, and he now 
was scarcely more than a skeleton. He died some time on Sep¬ 
tember 5 or 6, and the post mortem examination was held late 
on September 8. 
Post mortem: Large tumor at entrance of thorax and ad¬ 
herent to first ribs, crowding all emerging vessels upward and 
greatly reducing the lumen of the trachea. Pleura normal. Pa¬ 
renchyma of lungs contained nodules, the posterior borders being 
nearly solid. 
The spleen was much enlarged, and three large tumors were 
hanging from its greater curvature. Several nodules were 
found in the organ itself, some as large as hickory nuts. A 
large tumor, about 8 by io inches, was found in the sublumbar 
lymph glands. This tumor was soft in texture. Another large 
and more fibrous tumor, 7 by 9 inches, was at the origin of 
the mesentery. Small papiliform tubercles were found on the 
serous covering of the intestines in contact with this tumor. 
All of the intestinal lymph glands were enlarged. Sections 
of the various tumors and organs were sent to Dr. Van Es, who 
reported that they contained lesions of tuberculosis, and the 
bacilli found was of the human type. 
TORSION OF THE SMALL INTESTINES. 
By A. T. Ferguson, D.V.S., Evansville, Ind. 
I am sending you a report which might be of some interest to 
some of the readers of the Review. I also send you a photograph 
of the torsion, which is marked with an X. I am sorry it is not 
more clear, but it can be plainly seen with a magnifying glass. 
I was called at 7 a. m. to attend a black mare, about 5 or 6 
years old; weight, about 900 to 1,000 pounds. 
The caretaker found her at 5 a. m. down in the stall with 
what he supposed was colic. On my arrival I found the mare in 
great distress and doing violent kicking. She had passed consid¬ 
erable ffeces, and had also urinated. 
At this time the animal was in a considerable perspiration. 
I administered 1 grain arecoline, with little or no results, un¬ 
less it was to increase the intensity of the pain. 
I then administered a purge, consisting of two of Abbott’s 
aloine tablets. After waiting for .thirty minutes and seeing no 
good results from my efforts to relieve the animal, I suspected 
