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particles of hay, etc., floating" in it. This vomiting ceased 
entirely an hour or two before death. The post-mortem is de¬ 
scribed as follows by the author : Naturally we went straight 
to the stomach, expecting to find the chief lesions there, and I 
must confess we were a little amazed to find next to nothing 
wrong. It was, of course, very much distended and full of flnicf, 
but, with the exception of the epithelium covering the mucous 
membrane being very much macerated and peeling off, there 
was nothing else to be seen to account for the stomach symp¬ 
toms. ^ This being so negative, we decided to look elsewhere for 
the principal cause 6f death, and we were rewarded by finding the 
pancreas, intestines and mesenteries presenting an appearance 
unlike anything either of ns had ever seen before. The former 
was qnite^ green and looked like just becoming gangrenous, 
while the intestines were very red and congested looking. The 
most noticeable feature was the beautifully mapped-ont condi¬ 
tion of the whole mesenteric venous system. Every vein, laro-e 
or small, and every capillary was distended to its utmost with 
blood, showing up a bluish-green or black color. The mesen¬ 
tery had quite lost its transparent, delicate appearance and be¬ 
come very thick and heavy, due, doubtless, to an exudation of 
serum from the distended veins and also from the lymphatics, 
for they, too, seemed to be in a similar congested condition. 
. . . . After a long and careful search we found an ante¬ 
mortem clot in the anterior mesenteric vein. That part of the 
vein occluded by the clot had a constricted appearance and its 
walls were considerably thickened, while the part beyond was 
greatly dilated. All the veins which unite to form the anterior 
mesenteric were enormously distended and could be easily traced 
to their source in the large and small intestines. There was no 
doubt as to the a^ite-morte^n nature of the clot—it was pale in 
color, and, although friable, still adhered to the tunica intima. 
It seemed to cause complete stasis of the venous circulation.”_ 
(Vet. Joitrnal.') 
ITALIAN REVIEW. 
ABSTRACTS FROM THE RECORDS OF THE CRINIC OF THE MIEAN 
SCHOOL. 
By Prof. La.nzillottj-Buonsantt. 
Parasitic (?) Fibroma, with Calcareous Wales, on 
the External Face of the Flexors of the Phalanges 
OF the Right Hind Eeg.—A horse, nine years old, has had 
