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12 a message was received to the effect that he was in great 
pain and kicking so violently that fears were entertained for 
the safety of the stable in which he stood. An immediate 
visit was made to the stable^ and the horse was fontid in a 
most miserable condition, covered with sweat, rolling and 
kicking in a mad fury. By dint of considerable exertion, 
not unattended with danger to those engaged, the animal 
was removed to a large loose box, well supplied with litter, 
where there was less danger of his injuring himself in his 
violent struggles. Treatment was altogether out of the 
question ; an attempt to apply fomentation to the abdomen 
was rendered abortive by the constant struggles, and for the 
same reason medicines could only be given with great diffi¬ 
culty; after fifteen hours^ continuance of the most fearful 
pain the animal died. 
Post-mortem examination showed intense congestion of 
the mucous membrane of the intestine, accompanied with 
hgemorrhage. The small intestines were filled with blood 
and submucous haemorrhage was generally present through¬ 
out the intestinal canal. 
Suspicion of poisoning arose at once, in consequence of 
the suddenness of the attack and the character of the morbid 
appearances. A portion of the contents of the stomach and 
intestines, and also of the diseased parts were sent to Dr. 
Voelcker, who, after a minute investigation, did not discover 
any poisonous agent. 
Detection of vegetable poison is not easy—indeed, in many 
instances, is practically impossible, and hence there still 
remains a method of explanation in this case as in the first. 
Tt must be admitted that these obscure instances of virulent 
disease are interesting only on account of their novelty, the 
conditions which would render them instructive being either 
entirely absent or, if present, cognizable only to an insig¬ 
nificant degree. 
MR. BROAD IN REPLY TO MR. FLEMING. 
In reply to Mr. Fleming's letter in this montRs Veteri¬ 
narian, I beg to state that I did not intend being rude, or 
offensive, neither did I intend to designate Mr. Fleming as 
an “ inexperienced theorist.^^ I know him too well to do so, 
and only wish there were more ^'Flemingsin the profession; 
it would then march onward very differently from the way in 
which it does at present. I thank him for directing attention 
