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CASE OE RUPTURE OF THE STOMACH. 
allowances could be made for the low condition—the time of 
year being the supposed cause—which a more liberal diet 
was expected to remove; but in this instance, no doubt, the 
latter hastened it to a termination. A detail of this case will 
be given in due course. 
Another case of lameness, supposed to arise from some 
derangement of the liver, occurred in a cart-horse. He was 
in the act of walking slowly with a load of coals, when he 
was observed suddenly to drop with the left shoulder, become 
slightly lame, and he continued so for three miles, to my 
establishment. Upon a careful examination nothing wrong 
could be found in connection with the limb, therefore I 
determined to see him at the owner’s residence. 
Some hours later, when out of harness, he was found to 
be no better, yet the animal was all life and gaiety, the 
appetite good, and the general system apparently healthy. 
A dose of physic only was administered, and the next day he 
was all right. 
Some months afterwards I heard that the animal had died 
suddenly, although I never learned the cause. The owner 
also said that he fell lame several times in a manner some¬ 
what similar to that which occasioned his visit to me, but 
nothing was done to him, the affection disappearing without 
any treatment. He however sold him in consequence of this 
inconvenience. 
{To be continued.') 
CASE OF RUPTURE OF THE STOMACH. 
By James Storrar, Cushnie, Banff. 
In the April number of the Veterinarian for the past year 
there is an account of a case of ruptured colon by Mr. Bil- 
lington, which it is supposed had taken place several days 
before death. Besides this, other articles have appeared in 
more recent numbers on the same subject; and keeping 
these facts in view, it has occurred to me that the simple 
recital of the symptoms, treatment, and post-mortem appear¬ 
ances of a case that came under my care a few years since, 
may throw some light upon the question of these occurrences. 
The horse of which I now write belonged to Andrew 
Wallace, Esq., Chaple of Leggat. He was a strong, active, 
spirited animal, seven years old, and in excellent condition. 
He had been under treatment for colic by a blacksmith be¬ 
fore I saw him, having frequently had rather severe colicy 
