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with respiration to such an extent as to give rise to roaring. 
When seen, the nostrils were widely dilated, the neck 
stretched, the eyes staring, and the roaring so loud that all 
the appearances seemed to indicate suffocation within a short 
time. All the appearances, and the history as well as the 
symptoms, indicated a wound of the carotid. Trachsetomy 
was performed immediately, in order to give relief to the 
difficulty of breathing, though not without trouble, arising 
from the large escape of blood, which flowed profusely. A 
large quantity of extravasated blood was washed away, and it 
soon became evident that the wound of the artery had been 
closed by. a clot, and that no further interference was neces¬ 
sary. The animal made a rapid recovery and resumed work 
in about ten days. The principal interest of the case rests on 
the fact that the accident is quite a rare one .—Annales de Bel¬ 
gique. 
VOMITING IN A HORSE. 
By M. Vandenabelle. 
The animal had refused his supper the day before he was 
seen by Mr. Vandenabelle, and his manger contained a certain 
quantity of food, both solid and liquid, which he had vomited at 
various times. He also had slight colicky pains, but no serious 
symptoms were exhibited. The rejected masses had a strong 
acid reaction. While this history and these symptoms were 
being observed the patient was taken with a peculiar ver¬ 
micular motion of the aesophagus, easily observed in the 
jugular groove, and a certain motion of the head, followed by 
the rejection of a certain quantity of vomited substances. 
The pulse was small, the mucous membranes normal in color, 
thh eyes anxious and the expression indicative of deep in¬ 
ternal pain. Auscultation and percussion gave negative 
results. Deglutition of liquids was normal. 
A doubtful diagnosis was made. In the treatment resort 
was had to anti-spasmodics in small repeated doses—cam¬ 
phor, valerain and opium, with mustard poultices under the 
chest, and small quantities of drinks to allav the thirst. No 
improvement was visible on the next day, and a renewal of 
