REPORTS OF CASES. 
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intestinal troubles to carefully observe the animals’ various symp¬ 
toms and their peculiar performances. 
I have noticed that as a usual thing if there is a misplaced 
bowel that the animal is in great agony, and that this seems to in¬ 
crease as the time of suffering is lengthened. That the animal 
will make several efforts before he finally decides to go down. 
That there is usually a rise in temperature of from i to 2 degrees. 
That the perspiration is intermittent and patchy. The pulse be¬ 
comes weak before the end, and what is most deceiving do the 
novice is that the animal will continue at intervals to pass fasces 
in very small quantities, one ball at a time, and usually soft, so 
that one might suppose that the intestinal tract was clear, which, 
of course, is true posterially to the torsion. 
I have had one case similar that was allowed to roll in a box 
stall, and the torsion straightened out spontaneously, and immedi¬ 
ate relief was noticed. 
I had given orders that this mare be placed in a box stall and 
allowed to roll all she pleased, but my orders were disobeyed, and 
the animal walked around until she became too weak to do so, and 
the end came. 
I am now satisfied that many animals die from similar causes 
that are too often treated for impaction of the colon. 
But with careful observation of all cases that come to the care¬ 
ful practitioner no such mistakes should occur, and with proper 
examination and diagnosis the owner can be warned hours before 
what in all probability the termination will be, and by so doing 
will not only save himself a whole lot of adverse criticism, but 
will materially add to his prestige with the owner of the animal 
and with the community, which too often is ready to belittle the 
profession. 
AN INTERESTING CASE. 
By A. T. Kinsley, M.S., D.V.S., Kansas City, Mo. 
On January 27, a 1,400-pound draft gelding, used on a coal 
wagon, suddenly began to stagger, fell and died within a few 
moments. The owner of this horse was anxious to ascertain 
the cause of death, because of the fact that the horse had been 
run into by a street car on January 9, and the outcome of a suit 
for damages would largely depend upon the proof of injury or 
injuries received at the time of the street-car accident. The 
