STRANGULATION OF INTESTINE OF A DOG. 843 
The following is a prescription, not only written but pub - 
lished , in a recent veterinary work by a F.R.C.V.S. 
“Tincfc. Opii . 
Essence of Anisi . 
Liquorice Extract . 
Linseed Tea . 
20 drops. 
30 „ 
1 ounce. 
2 ounces.” 
If this were intended for amateurs why Latinise in part 
the first two ingredients? If intended for the profession 
what a compliment to us as educated men. 
A few hours devoted to such a work as f Selecta e Pre- 
scriptis,’ would save many from the imputation of ignorance 
in other matters. 
STRANGULATION OF INTESTINE OF A DOG, 
ASSOCIATED WITH INTUSSUSCEPTION. 
By Samuel Gill, M.R.C.Y.S., Hastings. 
October 21st.—I was sent for to see a Newfoundland 
puppy, two months old, suffering from haemorrhage of a 
bright colour from the rectum. On examining the patient, 
the visible mucous membranes were found to be blanched, 
the body and the extremities very cold, and the pulse weak 
and rapid. Perceiving that the case was hopeless I informed 
my client that the animal could not possibly survive many 
hours. I made every inquiry as to whether the dog had 
been ill before, and was told that he was always “lively and 
well and appetite good but that he suffered from an offen¬ 
sive diarrhoea, “ and on going up steps he would give a growl 
as if in pain. 7 ’ 
For the purpose of affording temporary relief beef tea and 
arrowroot were given every half hour, with doses of Liquor 
Arsenicalis. 
22nd.—Messenger came to my residence early in the morn¬ 
ing with a request to see the animal at once. On arriving I 
found him unable to swallow, in consequence of which I gave 
an anodyne enema with arrowroot. He expired 1.30 p.m. 
Post-mortem examination .—Intussusception, some eight or 
nine inches in length was found, which it was impossible to 
liberate until a section of the intestine was made close 
behind the part. In doing this I discovered a large tumour, 
oblong in shape, and as large as a duck’s egg. On cutting 
into it a dark coloured blood oozed out, and showed that 
the substance was attached to the mesentery, and that 
its pedicle was twisted around and caused semi-strangula¬ 
tion of the bowel, resulting in or leading to intussusception. 
