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abdomen, on the top of which floated some linseed oil, which 
had been given a day or two previously. On attempting 
to remove the stomach it was found to have passed through 
a rent in the diaphragm into the chest, and when extricated 
from its position it was also found to be ruptured. The 
edges of the lacerations, both in the diaphragm and stomach, 
were much thickened and congested. 
A large quantity of the omentum had also passed into the 
chest, and this also was black from strangulation, and bor¬ 
dering on mortification. 
The lungs were only slightly congested, and the heart 
was healthy and well developed. All the other organs were 
also healthy. 
On making inquiry as to any accident which might have 
occurred to the animal, I was told that on the Thursday 
morning on which he was taken ill, he was found in the 
stable sitting on his haunches with the halter shank broken, 
and that a noise had been heard in the stable during the 
night as if he was struggling. 
Any remarks you may think proper to make on the case 
will be esteemed a favour. 
[From time to time cases of rupture of the diaphragm are 
brought to notice, which would seem to justify an opinion of 
the lesion having existed for some days prior to death. Such 
is the one recorded by Mr. Beeson. We do not, however, 
opine that in this instance the diaphragm was actually 
ruptured at the time the horse started on his journey; but 
that the pain he experienced during the preceding night, his 
refusal to take food on the journey, the recurrence of the 
abdominal pain on his return, the unyielding constipation, 
&c., depended on indigestion. The journey added doubtless 
to the impaired power of the stomach to perform its func¬ 
tions, and probably the diaphragm, by the pressure of the 
stomach against it, thus became more liable to the giving way 
of its fibres. Slowly did they yield, and the laceration become 
complete.— Eds.] 
EPILEPSY, AND ITS SUCCESSFUL HOMCEOPA- 
THIC TREATMENT IN DOGS. 
By Samuel Gill, M.R.C.V.S., Hastings. 
On April 29th I was sent for to go immediately a distance 
of two miles to see a pug-dog suffering from fits. He had 
had these continuously day by day for three months. 
