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ach was found torn at the great curvature, eighteen centimeters 
in length, and ante-mortem ; omentum covered with remains of 
foqd from the stomach. The abdomen contained also a few of 
them, with a large quantity of liquids. The point of the ccecum 
had passed through the diaphragm, and was in the thorax. A vol¬ 
vulus, involving two folds of the jejunum and the anterior half 
of the ccecum, was exposed. The diaphragmatic laceration extend¬ 
ed upwards and to the right, leaving on the right the pillars of 
the muscles, vena cava, oesophagus and the mass of the liver. In 
the thorax the lungs were contracted, black and gorged with 
blood. The pleural cavity contained a certain quantity of blood. 
The peculiarities of this case consist in the presence of such 
serious lesions together, while they are ordinarily met separately, 
the absence of vomiting, though the lesions of the stomach were 
ante-mortem ; the absence of the peculiar motion &c., position of 
the head, as met in cases of volvulus .—La Presse Vetermaire. 
POST RECTAL ABSCESS. 
By R. H. Harrison, D.V.S., House Surgeou American Veterinary 
College Hospital. 
This case was a fine dapple-gray gelding, seven years old, 15£ 
hands high. He had been shipped from Maine by rail, and when 
delivered in New York a large swelling over the posterior gluteal 
region, on the left side, was noticed. Thinking that the animal 
had been bruised on the journey, the owner applied cold water to 
the swelling; but this did not have the desired effect, the swelling 
increasing and giving rise to difficulty in the act of defaecation. 
When admitted, the swelling was so large as to greatly disfig¬ 
ure the parts; it was diffused, and extended from the anterior 
third of the gluteal region posteriorly, and from the median line 
to a level with the tuberosity of the ischium. On manipulation 
externally, little pain was mauifest, and fluctuation could not be dis¬ 
tinctly felt. In making a rectal examination a large abscess 
was readily made out, fluctuation being very distinct over the 
ischiatic ligament. There was also a fistulous tract opening in 
the rectum, forward, communicating with the abscess, and admit- 
