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thorax, and gangrene as a result of the stricture. The rupture was 
about the size of a man’s wrist. 
In September, 1869, was called to see a bay mare that had been 
driven to a stage from Alton to Lyons, Wayne County, a distance of 
ten miles. She showed symptoms of sickness during the latter part of 
the trip, but was urged on to the end. She could with difficulty be 
kept on her feet until the harness was removed. She suffered excru¬ 
ciating pain, and presented all the symptoms of enteritis. I bled her 
about five quarts, and gave one and one-half pints of linseed oil, and 
administered two grains of morphine sulphate subcutaneously every 
three or four hours; also, gave frequent clysters of warm water. Died 
after an illness of sixteen hours. Autopsy revealed twisting of the 
small intestines about their mesenteric attachments, causing complete 
occlusion. 
In the winter of 1874 I was called to attend a medium sized, 
stocky built black mare at Spencerport. She having been found sick 
in the morning. I saw her for the first time about two o’clock, p. m. 
After remaining with her three or four hours I gave it as my opinion 
that she was suffering from some form of occlusion of the bowels, and 
that it would prove fatal. She died within twenty-four hours from the 
time she was first taken sick. An autopsy revealed rupture of the 
mesentery large enough to admit four or five fingers. Through this 
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opening a large quantity of the small intestines had been drawn, evi¬ 
dently by mere force of peristaltic motion, and were gangrened from 
strangulation. 
In November, of this year, was called to attend a brown mare owned 
by a gentleman near Adams’ Station, N. Y. She also having been found 
sick by her owner on his entering the stable in the morning. He gave 
her judicious treatment, still she grew worse. She had been sick at least 
ten hours before I saw her. Her symptoms indicated to me some occlu¬ 
sion of the bowels. She died within thirty hours from the time she 
was taken ill. Autopsy revealed twisting of the small intestines at their 
mesenteric attachment, with the occluded portion in a gangrenous con¬ 
dition. 
Of course, in all these cases there was inflammation of the bowels 
not as a primary affection but as a result of the lesions that existed, as 
indicated by the fact that in all these cases the inflammation was con¬ 
fined to the parts cut off by the strictures. 
