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well, but he is always sitting as a dog with his hind legs thrown 
on the left side. The abdomen is much swollen, and when he 
is asked to move, he trails his hind legs behind. He looks 
otherwise healthy and bright. By advice of the author he was 
slaughtered. At the post-mortem the abdomen was found to 
contain five quarts of clear liquid smelling very strongly of es¬ 
caped urine. The abdominal organs were healthy. The bladder 
presented a longitudinal rupture about four inches long. Its 
walls had their normal thickness ; there was no stricture, nor 
growth in the vulva to cause retention.—( Veterin . Record .) 
Stomach Staggers with “ Peculiar Symptoms ” [By D . 
C. Pallin ].—A mare which had a few days before suffered with 
colics was again taken in a much more serious manner. She 
had eaten all her bedding the night before. When seen, she 
was standing in a corner of her box, legs straddled, head hang¬ 
ing pendulous, eyelids swollen and congested, a portion of the 
tongue protruding, copious discharge of frothy saliva, giving 
her the appearance of a dog with dumb rabies. Body covered 
with sweat, extremities ice cold, tail held in erect position, 
marked tympany ; temperature 102°, respiration 36, labored and 
jerky, pulse full (58), intermittent every sixth or seventh beat. 
There was also great stiffness, inability to move, especially the 
hind quarters. Rectum somewhat full. Attempts to raise the 
head seemed to cause great pain, and patient falls on her knees. 
Prehension and deglutition of food (liquid) was completely lost. 
What was the trouble? There were more or less marked symp¬ 
toms of stomach staggers, impaction, internal rupture, tym¬ 
pany, clot causing pressure on nervous centres, tetanus, etc. 
Backraking and rectal injections were resorted to frequently. A 
freshly made soft bolus of ^loes was administered, not without 
great difficulty and danger to the life of the author. Two 
hours later there was some improvement, yet an attempt to give 
a stimulant towards the evening gave rise to frantic paroxysms. 
vShe was left alone. The next morning she showed great im¬ 
provement, most of the severe symptoms having subsided. At 
noon she took a little exercise. In the afternoon the physic 
acted very freely, and five days after the animal was returned 
to her work. The case was no doubt one of impaction, giving 
rise to stomach troubles with aggravated symptoms, which hap¬ 
pily yielded to simple treatment.—( Veterin . Record.) 
Ruptured Spleen {By Harry Lukes , M.R.C.VS .).— A 14- 
year-old gelding, weighing 1400 pounds, and very fat, was noticed 
slightly off during his morning work. He soon was found lying 
