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was destroyed, as it was believed impossible that recovery could 
take place. No post-mortem examination was made. 
A. A. Holcombe, 
Insp. Vet. Surg., U. S. A. 
Ft. Leavenworth, Kans., June 10, 1881. 
EXTENSIVE ABDOMINAL WOUND—RECOVERY. 
Brownsville, Neosha County, Nebraska, May 16, 1881. 
Prof. A. Liautard. 
Dear Sir :—Some two years since I casually heard of a mare 
being quite seriously injured, but was not acquainted with the 
facts or magnitude of the injury, until some four days since. 
Thinking they may be of interest to yourself or the readers of the 
Review, (should you think the case worthy of publication) I ap¬ 
pend them, as follows: 
George Boy ant, an intelligent and well-to-do farmer of the 
above address, owns a chestnut mare, 10 years old, 15£ hands 
high, which whilst playing in a pasture (during the owner’s pres¬ 
ence) ran against a fence with such force that a piece of post was 
broken off, puncturing her side about eight inches, which, to use 
his own language, being “ jerked out by him, the contents of the 
stomach flew out of the wound some six or eight feet.” The 
wound was large enough for a man to introduce his arm easily, 
and the edge of the liver protruded through the opening. On 
being asked whether any of the contents of the stomach fell into 
the cavity of the abdomen, he replied that he thought not, as the 
diaphragm (which was plainly visible) partly prevented it, he 
could not explain exactly how, but such was his belief. The 
puncture was made by a piece of wood about three feet long, two 
inches thick, and four inches wide, tapered -to an irregular 
oblique point, which was flattened from side to side. Quite a 
number of neighbors were called in, and are willing to swear that 
the stomach was punctured and the contents issued through the 
wound. Furthermore, Dr. McGrew, M. D., of London, Nemolia 
County, Nebraska, who was passing at the time, upon the solicita- 
