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was out of condition, and to which the man in charge of the herd 
had given a strong dose of cathartic medicine (epsom salts), which 
did not relieve her. He found the animal in a dull, listless con¬ 
dition, reluctant to move, moaning more or less—much more, it 
was said, when she laid down. She had diarrhoea, and the last 
of her discharges had been accompanied with some blood. She 
was feverish, but as her anus was relaxed her temperature was 
not taken. On rectal examination, the foeeal matter was found 
to be very black and very offensive. On the floor of the abdomen, 
a little in front and to the left of the udder, was a circular swell¬ 
ing, well defined, and quite hard on palpation. 
“ There was no history that the animal had received an injury 
from any cause. A diagnosis of hernia was made, with strangu¬ 
lation of the intestine. No opening could be detected through 
the floor of the abdomen, but the doctor thought he could detect 
a slight crepitating feeling. 
“ I saw the animal once with the doctor, and she was then in 
about the same condition as at his previous visit. He had given 
a most unfavorable prognosis at his first visit, which he only con¬ 
firmed subsequently. The second day, when I went to see the 
patient with the doctor, we found her dead, and I made an exam¬ 
ination. 
“ On removing the hide from the abdomen, I found a swelling 
nearly a foot in diameter involving the cellular tissue, which, by 
the way, was engorged with serum. On removing the tissue, we 
found the intestines protruding, dilated to their utmost capacity, 
and gangrenous. The abdominal muscles beneath and around the 
swelling were excised, and the intestines cut on the inside. We 
then found that there was a rupture of the floor of the abdomen, 
some three inches in length, from forward backwards; that a 
portion of the large intestine, some eighteen inches to two feet 
long, had passed through this aperture, and had become strangu¬ 
lated. 
“ Hernia in the bovine is not an uncommon event in practice, 
I believe, but is not strangulated hernia rare? I should mention 
the fact that the intestines within the abdomen were all healthy.” 
Several of the offices in the Society being vacant, it was voted 
