COLICS IN HORSES. 
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25 up to 50 pounds. It was immensely swollen to about double 
its normal size, forming adhesions with the costal pleura, with 
the diaphragm and pericardium ; these adhesions, however, were 
not very firm, but could be easily separated. 
The costal pleura was in about the same condition as the 
visual, separating easily from the underlying tissue, which pre¬ 
sented a sodden, edimatous appearance. 
The left pleural cavity and its contents were healthy; heart 
also normal. 
Changes in the abdominal organs very slight; the most 
marked was the small quantity of fecal matter in the bowels; 
this was dry, hard and in small masses; there was evident lack of 
secretion of the mucous membrane. 
The bladder contained a small quantity of dark urine; the 
other organs were healthy. 
Case No. 2. 
This animal was killed at the owner’s request, she having had 
the disease some four or five years prior. At the time of the 
autopsy there was no evidence of disease. 
The autopsy was quite negative, except collapse of that por¬ 
tion of the lung previously occupied by the disease, with bands 
of organized lymph connecting this portion of the organ with the 
costal pleura; the other organs of the body were normal. 
{To be continued.) 
COLICS IN HORSES. 
By Me. Lagtjerriere.* 
(Continued from page 16.) 
The study of colic in its various forms is one of the very fore¬ 
most importance to the veterinarian. The frequency of its occur¬ 
ence, the intense severity of the symptoms, the pecuniary loss so 
often involved, together with the difficulty of prevention by 
prophylactic means, justify the statement, and fully explain the 
* Translated from La Presse Veterinaire. 
