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8th.—Animal worse. 
9th.—Rumbling of the bowels present, with diarrhoea. I 
entertained no hopes of recovery, and administered such 
medicines as I considered most suitable. 
10th.—Impeded respiration ; escape of mucus from the 
nostrils, mingled with blood ; excessive purgation ; prolapsus 
ani; after the liquid faecal matter is evacuated, a considerable 
portion of the rectum protrudes, the lining membrane of 
which is seen to be discoloured and oedematous; retraction 
of this took place after the evacuation, but not so the anus. 
I could plainly perceive that the case was a hopeless one, 
and had no doubt but that the whole alimentary canal was 
oedematous. The breathing was laboured and quick, the pulse 
weak and 120; great uneasiness was manifested previous to 
an evacuation, and the appetite was entirely lost. She 
lingered on until the 11th, when she died. I did not 
make a post-mortem examination myself, but I saw the man 
who skinned the carcass the next day, who told me that the 
bowels were adherent by thin matter to the peritoneal lining 
of the abdomen, particularly at the lower part, and that the 
lining membrane of the bowels was oedematous throughout, 
and blood effused between their coats. 
It is seldom that influenza attacks the intestines as in this 
case. The mare had an ordinary although severe attack of 
influenza last year. 
DISEASED STOMACH, BOWELS, AND 
MESENTERY. 
By the Same. 
September 4th, 1863.—Subject an aged gray horse. T 
was requested to make a post-mortem examination, in order to 
ascertain how long the animal had been diseased and un¬ 
sound, as the present owner had recently purchased him. 
Sectio cadaveris .—Duodenum diseased to the extent of 
about six inches; it was black, thickened, and almost putrid ; 
a deposit of calcareous matter existed between the coats at 
the diseased part (twelve inches from the stomach), which 
caused a partial stricture; mesentery and its glands were 
diseased and enlarged ; a large scirrhous tumour (weighing 
probably twelve pounds) was situated contiguous to the 
mesentery and bowels, and attached to the spine, through 
which ran the posterior aorta; the blood-vessels given off 
