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At the autopsy, the body was found very tympanitic. In the 
middle of the back, on the left side, existed an eliptic wound, 
from which exudated a foetid, grayish liquid, mixed with organic 
detruitus. A probe introduced in the wound arrived on the ribs* 
The oedema was very large, and extended to the chest, flank, abdo¬ 
men and inguinal region of that side. It crepitated on pressure. 
The skin removed, the serosity was found very abundant, the cellu¬ 
lar tissue ecchymotic in places and filled with reddish fluid, the 
muscular and cellular tissue were disintegrated, pulpy, greenish in 
color and very offensive; they were in a full state of gangrene. In 
the chest the intercostal spaces were intact, the parietal pleura was 
red and ecchymosed, the visceral showed the same lesions, less 
marked. The pleural sac contained a small quantity of fluid. The 
heart had only a few ecchymotic spots. In opening the abdomen 
four or five liters of bloody serosity ran out, abdominal organs 
were much congested, and especially the small intestines. Those 
organs were yellowish, much ecchymosed and easily torn. Toward 
the middle of the small intestine an invagination existed, formed 
by three intestinal cylinders, the two most internal and the 
mesentery covering them much congested. 
The stomach contained only a little semi-liquid alimentary 
mass. The small intestine contained a small quantity of liquid 
food, of a brown-red color, which was also found in the ccecum. 
The author asks if this case could not be considered similar to 
others of the same nature, which have been reported as sequelae of 
purpura .—Archives Veterinaires. 
SPRAIN OF THE NECK—RAPID RECOVERY WITH COLD DOUCHES. 
By W. Palat. 
A nine year old mare was found lying on the left side, with 
the left hind foot caught in the right rope of the halter, the head 
almost touching the hoof, and resting on the left side of its base 
in such a manner that the left eye and ear both touch the ground. 
