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with restlessness of body. On the following day the health 
was improved, and the symptoms had vanished. On the 
night of the 30th, the same restlessness appeared, patient look¬ 
ing at flank endeavoring to evacuate feces, but without suc¬ 
cess. The next day symptoms, if possible, more intense; on 
April 1 st we were called in. 
The mare stood in the stall with feet stretched apart—the 
characteristic attitude of constipation—anxious countenance, 
eyes bright and dilated, conjunctiva hypersemic, tongue 
coated, body distended, hard, and at the navel somewhat 
bulged; manipulation caused pain. In . my presence the 
patient exhibited signs of unusual pain, casting herself on the 
ground and endeavoring to pass manure; pulse 74, and 
scarcely distinguishable. Under these circumstances of ex¬ 
treme tenesmus and swelling, we prescribed anodyne clys¬ 
ters, warm applications to the abdomen, and a good soft bed. 
In the afternoon word came that the injections could not 
be given on account of large quantities of blood, and a por¬ 
tion of what was supposed to be the intestine occupying the 
anus. We returned with the messenger and found the mare 
lying upon the floor ; ears and extremities cold ; pulse small, 
frequent and regular; the body, which that morning had 
been bloated, now exhibited nothing of this sort, but was ap¬ 
parently contracted, especially in the umbilical region ; pal¬ 
pation in no wise painful. The anus, protruding and oedema- 
tous, held a ragged end of small intestine about four inches 
in length. From the latter, as well as from the i-ectum itself, 
there escaped a continual, though insignificant, flow of blood. 
A great length of intestine was found upon the straw and 
washed, after which we could determine the same to be a 
portion of the small bowel upon which still clung a ragged 
edge of the mesentery. It is needless to say the animal suc¬ 
cumbed.— Berl. Thier . WocJi. 
MEAT POISONING IN THE DOG. 
In the Gottinger slaughter-house a fourteen-dav-old calf, 
which evidently was not well, was brought to be killed. Pre¬ 
vious to death no outward sign of disease was apparent ex- 
