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REPORTS OF CASES. 
to keep them from cutting. The wound in the skin gaped 
a little. 
Suture of recti muscles and peritoneum removed on the 
thirteenth day, showing complete union. 
There now (November 2, 1897,) remains only a slight 
wound, rapidly healing. The animal is lively and well. 
A POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION WELL WORTH THE TROUBLE. 
By C. Henry Doepel, D. V. S., Mamaroneck, N. Y. 
On Sunday, November 14th, I was called at 7 P. M. to see a 
patient who, I was told, could not make water. I reached him 
at 7.30, and found as follows : A brown gelding, seven years old, 
had been brought from New York City, November i, 1897- Since 
that time had light work and was fed about two quarts of oats 
and one quart bran three times daily; was an exceptionally 
bright, free driver, and showed no illness whatever until the 
present time. 
The owner, Mr. T., had driven him in the afternoon, and 
noticed that he did not care to eat when he fed hini at six 
o’clock, and immediately began to roll and kick. I was then 
sent for, and that was the history of the case as I got it. 
The patient at this time was very uneasy, lying down and 
getting up continually, almost constantly making strenuous 
efforts to defecate and urinate ; no flatulence in the usual place, 
but great quantities of gas, eructations from the stomach, and 
pronounced dyspnoea. Temperature 101° F. I gave at once 
E Chloral hydrate, 
25. 
Spts. ammon. arom. 
,50. 
Sod. bicarb., 
15 - 
Aqua, 
q. s. 
Fiat haustus 
following this drench with two pills of carbo-ligni., hoping to 
absorb the gas which was in the stomach. After administering 
drench and pills, I gave an enema of warm soapsuds, with no 
result, as the rectum was quite empty, and to satisfy the owner 
(who still insisted that “ it was his water that bothered him ”), 
I used the catheter, taking about one-half pint of urine. These 
operations did not relieve his distress, as he still continued to 
strain every few minutes. 
In about one-half hour he was fairly quiet, and I was about 
preparing to leave, when the symptoms suddenly changed. He 
stood still in one spot, and trembled violently, his whole body 
shook, so much so that the vibration could be plainly felt on 
the floor ; perspiration pouring from every pore in a stream ; 
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