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appetite. Putting aside the suspicion of hydrophobia, a diagnosis 
of over-fatigue was made; still the general condition of the dog 
remained the same, and the physiognomy of the patient became 
suspicious. A neighboring dog irritated him by its presence and 
had to be taken away. One day he bit his master, and was killed. 
Was this a case of spontaneous rabies or a rabiform nervous 
affection ? No rabid dog had been near the place for over a year; 
the other dog which was bitten by him never had rabies, and the 
owner never suffered from the bite he received .—Hecueil de Med- 
ecine Yeterinaire. 
INDIGESTION IN A HORSE. ANTE MORTEM RUPTURE OF THE DIA¬ 
PHRAGM AND POST MORTEM LACERATION OF THE STOMACH. 
Mr. Ladague was one night called to see a horse suffering 
with colic, and received the following history of the case. 
Eight days previous the horse had had a slight colic, which 
lasted an hour and a half. Since then he had worked on the farm 
with the other horses. During the day he had eaten about ten 
' pounds of hay, and in the evening a good ration; what quantity 
is not known. At half past nine he showed colicky pains, pawing 
and lying down and getting up easily, and when down remaining 
flat on his bed. From the moment he was taken, to the arrival 
of Mr. L., he had assumed the dog sitting position three times. 
Mr. L. found him standing, with face contracted and eyes injected, 
nostrils dilated; legs spread apart; no tympanitis; pulse, hard, 
61 ; respiration, 26; frequent gaspings. Diagnosis: stomachal 
indigestion. Treatment: bleeding; drench of alcohol, acetate of 
ammonia, &c. ; frictions ; walking exercise. 
An hour later he passed manure in small quantity and mictu¬ 
rated. Returned to his stable, he occasionally laid down; no 
vomiting; assumed the dog position seven or eight times, and 
died in the morning while lying on .the right side. 
Post mortem the next day showed the abdomen very tympa¬ 
nitic ; intestines full of gas; small one highly congested along 
over two yards of the posterior part of the floating portion ; no 
invagination, volvulus or strangulation. The stomach was of 
