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entire oesophagus was removed and slit up. It measured four 
inches at the pharyngeal end and nine and one-half inches at a 
distance of ten inches from the cardiac end, where it again meas¬ 
ured four inches.”— (Vet. Record.) 
FRENCH REVIEW. 
By Prof. A. Liautard, M.D., V.M. 
Old Laceration of the Spleen p>y Kick from a Horse 
[Mr. Vigo , Army Veterinarian]. —Four-year-old stallion is 
noticed sick at 5 o’clock one afternoon. He shows great pros¬ 
tration, staggering walk, cold extremities, abundant cold sweat 
all over; he is pulseless and the mucous membranes are pale. 
Dyspnea is much marked. Left in a box, he lays on the right 
lateral decubitus. Internal abdominal hemorrhage is diagnosed 
and death takes place after two hours. The lesions found at 
post-mortem can be recognized as recent and old. Among the 
first, spleen is found very large and black. The external capsule 
is separated from the splenic tissue and torn in its entire posterior 
face. It covers a thick clot. The edges of the tear are not in¬ 
flamed. The abdomen contains all the blood of the body. There 
is an enormous clot. The old lesions are indications of trauma¬ 
tism by kick. They are two or three months old. The sixth, 
seventh and eighth left ribs, the lungs and the spleen are in¬ 
volved. The seventh rib is fractured, so is also the sixth. There 
is pneumonia localized at the seat of injuries of the ribs. The 
pleura is thickened. The splenic lesions consist in a bloody 
pouch as big as the fist, with walls two centimetres thick. It has 
two open spots imperfectly closed by organizing clots of blood. 
They were the constant threatening lesions of the fatal hemor¬ 
rhage, which finally took place.— (Rev. Gen. de Med. Vet.) 
Ceromyoma of the Oesophagus in a Horse [Mr. Bon- 
nigal ].—Old twenty-two-year-old draught horse has never been 
sick except an attack of pharyngitis ten years ago. Suddenly 
his appetite is gone. Carefully examined, no indication of sick¬ 
ness is detected. Soon, however, as a drench is given to him, 
he is taken with spells of choking, general tremblings, cold 
sweats. Diagnosis is uncertain and, taking in consideration his 
age and his good, fat condition the owner sends him to the 
