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INFLAMMATION OF THE DUODENUM. 
the descent of the pus into the scrotum. Six weeks from the 
time of the first operation I was enabled to discharge the 
animal quite recovered, and since then he has continued to 
work and do well. 
The pus in the scrotum must have found its way from the 
wound inflicted in the abdominal muscles down the in¬ 
guinal canal. There was no discharge from the wound 
externally. 
I must confess that this is the only case of the kind in 
which I ventured to perform the operation. The flatulency 
appears to have been confined to the large intestines. 
INFLAMMATION OF THE DUODENUM THE RE¬ 
SULT OF IMPACTMENT, ASSOCIATED WITH 
A FATTY TUMOUR. 
By J. Gr. Cattrall, M.R.C.V.S., London. 
On the 20th of June last, at 9 a.m., I was requested to see 
a brown pony, about thirteen hands high, and aged. He 
was the property of Mr. Benham, of Park Lane, Piccadilly. 
On my entering the box, the animal showed symptoms of 
tympanitis; and on making inquiry as to the food partaken 
of, I was informed by one of the men that the horse had had 
free access to some tares. This I considered sufficient to 
account for the above symptoms, and I accordingly gave him 
stimulants, consisting of 
14 Ammonise Carb., ; 
Sp. Ether. Sulpli., ^ss; 
Aq. Ment. Pip., 3 viii; in haustus; 
and threw 7 up enemas of soap and water until the symptoms 
had abated, and the animal was apparently convalescent. I 
then left my patient, with strict injunctions that his diet 
should consist of bran mashes, with tepid w 7 ater and hay. 
June 21st, 11 a.m.—I saw r my patient again, and he was 
apparently going on well, and continued to do so until the 
following day, when to my utter surprise a messenger came 
to inform me that the pony was again seized w r ith gripes, at 
11 a.m. On my arrival I found him to be very uneasy; his 
respiration much accelerated; the pulse numbering from 
85 to 90 in the minute, much oppressed and somewhat 
wavering in character; the visible mucous membranes in¬ 
jected, with the exception of the Schneiderian membrane, on 
