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appearances. The mouth, pharynx, and oesophagus showed 
no appreciable alterations, except in the mucous membrane, 
which was of a pale, tending to a yellow, colour. Out of 25 
post-mortem examinations, in only one were found some slight 
erosions in the oesophagus. The stomach was empty, its 
surface injected, and of a dark colour, principally in the 
pyloric division ; the small intestines, when laid open, showed 
the mucous membrane softened and of a dark red colour, 
covered with darker spots and erosions, with some ulcers of 
the follicles, which were generally obstructed. 
The chyme was normal; a few drops of blood were found 
in it, the result of capillary exudation. The large intestines 
presented a similar internal appearance to the small. The 
spleen was of normal size and colour, only the substance 
somewhat softened. ‘The liver normal in size and colour, 
but softened; the portal and hepatic veins contained but 
little blood. The thorax contained no effusion or alteration 
of the serous membrane. The lungs presented congestion 
either of the right or left, according to the position of the 
carcase. On incising the congested part the blood was ob¬ 
served to be diffused in the substance and of highly violet 
colour; the pulmonary vein contained but little blood; the 
artery was empty; the larynx and trachea contained a great 
quantity of bloody mucus; the mucous membrane was 
slightly congested. The heart was flaccid; its ventricles 
empty. The brain in some cases was found normal, in others 
the ventricles contained yellow^ serum. 
Annates Veterinaires Bruxelles, January and February, 1868. 
NOTE ON THE POISONING.OE HORSES BY TOBACCO. 
By A. Waleavens, Government Yeterinary Surgeon at Enghien. 
Mr. Walravens w^as informed by M. Balincks, a farmer 
and brickmaker, that about a fortnight ago, when on a journey, 
he found one of his horses very dull, and not being able to 
get him along, he was obliged to stop at an inn. When the 
horse was taken out and put into the stable he lay down with¬ 
out showing any sign of pain, but remained in a dreamy 
state for six hours, and died without the slightest struggle. 
A week previously another horse had died in the same way, 
after twenty-four hours of illness, and now his third and 
last horse was aflPected in the same manner as the others. It 
