COMPLICATED PUNCTURED WOUND OF PELVIC CAVITY. 255 
July 8th. Not feeding ; appeared to be very dull, hanging his 
head in the manger. Showed pain on pressure being applied to 
his abdominal walls; pulse so weak could hardly be felt; swelling 
of leg slightly reduced, but pitted on pressure ; no disposition to 
move. 
July 9th. Little change, except seeming to be weaker; very 
dull; appeared to desire to eat but the lips seemed to have no 
power to perform their function. Would drink well when the 
mouth was sunk in the water ; limbs stiff, could hardly be made 
to move; could hardly feel pulse. 
July 10th. No change from previous day, except for the first 
time I noticed that to micturate caused great pain, the urine 
passing in a very dribbling manner ; sheath swollen, leg somewhat 
reduced in size. 
July 11th. I noticed that the animal started at the slightest 
noise ; examined for symptoms of tetanus, but got no confirmation 
of that idea. During the last three days had got very thin and 
now showed great weakness; made examination per rectum, and 
found it full of liquid, with particles of faeces floating about. 
Detected large fluctuating swelling at further end of the larger 
laceration, which appeared to have considerably closed up. Also 
several smaller ones on the floor at the entrance of the pelvic 
cavity; advised the owner to have animal destroyed, as he could 
not live much longer. As I was in the neighborhood of the stable 
late in the evening, I called and found that the poor brute had 
just dropped and was plunging about, passing, several times, a 
light colored liquid, mixed with blood. I at once put an end to 
his sufferings. 
On account of the health authorities, I could not make a post 
mortem until the removal to the skinner’s yard, which was after 
five o’clock the next evening, with the following result: 
On the abdominal cavity being exposed, I found the perito¬ 
neum highly congested. The large colon was impacted, and was 
considerably congested, more particularly near the pyloric flexure. 
The small colon was nearly empty and but slightly congested, but 
of a dark yellow color. I next turned my attention to the pelvic 
cavity, which had been divided from the trunk by the men, and 
