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rily, but later was again seized with pain, and continued so un¬ 
til 9 A. M. of i2tli he died. At first the symptoms were those 
of acute indigestion; followed by quick and feeble heart action, 
and later no pulse, cold sweat and very anxious expression. 
During this time nothing passed his bowels, although repeated 
attempts at defecation were made. 
On post-mortem examination I found slight general perito¬ 
nitis, contents of small intestines and csecuin semi-fluid and 
that of the colons rather dry. I was beginning to think I 
might have done better with the case, when about four or five 
feet from the anus I found the colon had formed a loop, involv- 
, ing about two and a half feet and at the neck of the loop the 
^ cord of the concealed testicle had wound around the colon, 
making one and one-half turns, and had been pulled so tightly 
' that it was impossible to untie it, the tissues around, of course, 
being indurated. The portion forming the loop was black in 
color, very friable, and the mesentery was one-half inch in 
thickness. 
HERNIA OF THE SMALL INTESTINES THROUGH THE MESEN¬ 
TERY. 
. By R. C. Jenks, D. V. S., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
A trotting-bred gelding, about twelve years old, returned to 
his stable on the evening of October iqth from a moderate drive 
on the Boulevard, and immediately upon being unhooked from 
^ the road-wagon began to paw and show uneasiness, which rap¬ 
idly developed into sufficient pain to cause the owner to regard 
the symptoms as indicative of severe colic. When I arrived, 
■ an hour later, the patient was in excruciating distress, with no 
; evidences of fermentation, there being but little tympany. The 
, pulse was small and rapid, rectal temperature normal, and pain 
; continuous. Chloral hydrate was administered in the dose of 
one ounce, which gave little or no relief, and half the quantity 
was repeated in an hour, which acted with unusual force, the 
animal remaining in the recumbent position, the pulse dropping 
^ to twenty beats per minute, and with repeated takings the ther- 
'■ mic measurement was only 94 degrees Fahrenheit. From out 
i of this condition he emerged in the course of a couple of hours, 
i but the pain remained as before, the pulse becoming more rapid, 
straining as with an intense desire to defecate well marked, but 
no faeces were voided except the contents of the rectum and 
. posterior portion of the floating colon. Finseed oil, by the 
■ mouth, enemas of opiumized warm soap-suds, and anodynes in- 
