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REPORTS OF CASES. 
The liver was greatly enlarged, both in circumference and 
diameter, and weighed forty-twO pounds. 
The kidneys were much enlarged and of a dark red color, 
due, no doubt, to blood extravasation. Their structure was also 
soft and easily broken down under pressure. The abdominal 
parietes were covered by a thick layer of adipose tissue. The 
heart was large, though not abnormally so, and each ventricle 
was contracted and contained a small amount of dark coagulated 
blood. 
The lungs were of a pale anaemic color, due, no doubt, to 
the thorough drawing out of the blood from their tissues. The 
bronchi were partly filled with frothy mucous. 
The spleen was much enlarged and engorged with blood 
of a dark brown color. 
The intestines were normal, with the exception of the mesen¬ 
tery and omentum being abnormally covered with fat. 
The flesh of the body was almost bloodless and of a firm 
consistency, so much so as to cause comment from a butcher, 
who was standing by, he remarking that the flesh was as free 
from blood as that of any beef he had ever seen bled to death. 
This horse had been lightly worked nearly every day dur¬ 
ing the past two years. During this time although highly fed, 
he was never known to have been sick. The horse had not , 
been subjected to any unusual exertion previous to the fatal 
attack ; in fact, the horse at the time he was first noticed to be 
ill had been standing for some time waiting for a load of goods. , 
He could not have been kicked by his mate in the stable, as 
each horse stood in a separate stall with several unused stalls ; 
between them. It would appear as if the liver, which had been 
gradually enlarging for a long time, had finally reached the i 
limit of its distension and consolidation, and spontaneously its ! 
parenchymatous structure gave way under the great strain it 
had been so long subjected to. 
What seems most surprising in this case was the entire ab¬ 
sence of all abdominal pain and sweating, two symptoms that 
have hitherto been considered classical by veterinary authors in j 
rupture of the liver. | 
THE SPERMATIC CORD TWISTED AROUND THE COLON. | 
By A. F. Abbott, D.V.S., Manchester, N. H. ! 
At noon on Sept. loth a bay gelding, weighing about 1050 i 
pounds, and used in one of the livery stables here, was attacked | 
with colic. He apparently responded to treatment satisfacto- I 
