REPORTS OF CASES. 
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urine normal in color ; but lessened in volume ; not examined 
chemically. Diagnosis reserved. Treatment: Mag. sulph., 480, 
aqua, 1 litre, with enemas containing magnesia sulph., 60, 
every two hours. 
June22d—Pulse, no; temperature, 100; decubitus; anor¬ 
exia ; drinks some ; no pain ; no tenderness on pressure ; no 
tympanitis; no intestinal murmur. There was some dark, 
viscid, tarry blcod exuding from the anus. Diagnosis, in¬ 
testinal obstruction, probably volvulus. Prognosis, death. 
June 23—Symptoms same ; temperature, 100 ; no pain. 
June 24—Symptoms same ; temperature, 100 ; no pain. 
June 25—Symptoms same ; temperature, 100; no pain. 
June 26—Animal died at 4 a.m., after the cervical muscles 
of one side had drawn the head around to that side. 
Post-mortem (four hours after death).—Stomach full of 
undigested food and liquids, normal in appearance. Heart, 
lungs, liver and spleen normal. Kidneys slightly congested. 
A loop of the middle portion of the ilium had slipped through 
a hole in the mesentery and twisted upon itself, thus making a 
complete strangulation. 
Now, this may be a very ordinary case to others, but there 
are a few things about it I would like explained. (1) Why did 
this animal have a persistent temperature of ioo° F ? (2) Why 
was there no pain or tympanitis ? (3) What was the immedi¬ 
ate cause of death ? 
We usually expect in acute inflammation a sharp rise in 
temperature, and I think the reason we did not have it in this 
case was due (1) to the toxines which were absorbed, inhibiting 
the heat producing centre. (2) The pain in intestinal inflam¬ 
mations is either due to chemical changes caused by the action 
of septic organisms or the products upon the nerves, or by pres¬ 
sure upon the nerve terminals by the distention due to fermen¬ 
tation. In this case I think the animal was nearly free from 
septic organisms, and gasogenic ones as well, hence no pain and 
no meteorism. (3) I think the direct cause of death was ab¬ 
sorption of toxines generated by germs enabled to proliferate 
faster and undisturbed owing to the stasis caused by the strangu¬ 
lation. 
RESULTS OF FCETAL DYSTOKIA. 
* By H. D. Fenimore, D. V. S., Knoxville, Tenn. 
Was called ten miles away to deliver a calf after all the 
neighborhood had exhausted their efforts on the case. Found 
