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died during the night, having been twenty-nine days since the last 
action of the bowels. 
During his illness he had two large bed sores, one upon the 
left elbow and the other at the right temple. These were very 
large and gave him much pain, but were in rapid condition of 
cicatrization when he died. 
Post-mortem .—After removing the skin of the abdominal walls, 
there was found a laceration about six inches in length, through 
the muscular portion of the great oblique of the abdomen on 
the near side. The abdomen, when opened, was found inflamed 
all through. The intestines were removed and laid on the floor; 
appeared greatly congested throughout their whole extent and 
rupturing upon the slightest manipulation. The large colon was 
tilled with softened fceces in its two first portions. When reaching 
the diaphagmatic curvature it was found filled to its greatest 
capacity with hard, dry fceces; and when reaching toward the small 
colon a large mass, dry, calcareous in feeling, pointed-like shape, 
was firmly pushed into the first part of the small colon, with the 
base continued into and resting on the end of the large. This cork 
of foecal matter measured thirteen inches in length, was two feet 
nine inches around at its base, eighteen inches as it entered the 
small colon and thirteen inches at its apex ; it weighed ten pounds. 
The remaining organs were found healthy. 
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CONTAGIOUS MAMMITIS IN COWS. 
During six years, that disease had existed in a dairy. It 
assumed a chronic form and was characterized by indurated 
nodules and hard lumps in the glands. It is known that dairy¬ 
men frequently renew their stock by replacing a cow that has a 
tendency to become dry by another freshly calfed. But in this 
case, the new cows, after being introduced into the stables, did 
not remain long without becoming affected with the same mam- 
mitis. 
The owner had already used a large quantity of external ap- 
