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1877, on the evening of which day he died apparently from inflamma¬ 
tion of the bowels after an illness of some 15 hours. At the post mor¬ 
tem examination made next morning, nothing sufficient to cause death 
was found, until coming to the diaphragm ■ when it was noticed that it 
was perforated and that a portion of the duodenum had slipped through 
this being withdrawn by very gentle traction revealed about 5 feet of 
the bowel in a highly inflamed, almost gangrenous condition; the hole 
in diaphragm being next examined proved to be about one inch and a 
half in diameter, round with its edges thoroughly cicatrized, in fact 
almost cartilaginous; evidently an old affair. Through this hole was 
stretched a portion of the mesentery tract and crossing the body from 
towards its center to place of attachment to the ribs at an angle of 
about 45 degrees. 
Dr. Wood exhibited the hock joint of a horse called “Redleg” 
which was shot at the age of 33 years, he had always been 
lame since 5 years old in this limb with the peculiarity that the 
lameness remained about the same; lie never warming out of it in any 
degree upon exercising. Three or four days before he was killed he 
was slightly lamer than usual. Post mortem examination revealed 
fracture of cuboid into 3 pieces, which fracture had evidently existed 
but a short time; there was no known cause for this. 
Also a tumour taken from the supra orbital region of the head 
of a 4 year old colt; this appeared to be a collection of four 
imperfectly formed molar teeth; there was considerable difficulty 
experienced in detaching it from the orbital arch, which was finally 
done with a large pair of forceps. 
Also the bones of a 3d fore extremity amputated from about 
the middle of the usual metacarpus: all was perfect, even to the hoof 
excejff that there were but two small metacarpus between the two 
extremities one on the usual and one on the superficial limb, near some 
3 years since operation and the colt seems all right. 
Doctor A. A. Holcomb presented a paper upon “Special Menin¬ 
gitis, Azoturia, and Paraplegia, are they one and the same disease ? n 
The doctor lamented that so great a difference of opinion so often 
existed amongst veterinarians and thought that it was necessary for 
the elevation of the profession that our knowledge of the pathology of 
certain diseases should be improved, so far as possible, by careful and 
exact research, so that there may not be left so good a chance for this 
difference as at present unfortunately exists. Special meningitis was 
undoubtedly due to a specific poison, but what was it ? It is certainly 
not coming from any distetic error neither is it transmissible. It is fre¬ 
quently traumatic, but this cause is certainly not to be confounded with 
its malarial origin. As far as making up a differential diagnosis between 
Cerebro-spinal-meningitis and simple special meningitis goes, he could 
