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Fatal Peritonitis as the Result of Perforation of the Intestine by the Stem of a Plant in the Horse
Stone in the Urethra
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top of the knots clear coloured. .On incising the right lobe a yellowish-red, penetrating, stinking fluid escaped. Gall ducts greatly distended, filled with this fluid, and walls greatly thickened. In the left lobe the gall ducts were much dilated, and their walls i cm. thiclc Little gall-stones were found throughout these ducts to the number of several hundred. In the chief exit there was a yellow structure as big as a pigeon's egg; its long diameter measured 4 cm. The colic in this horse seemed to be intimately connected with the presence of gall-stones. It was remarkable that during the whole course of the ailment there was complete absence of jaundice.-Zeitsclmjt fijr J!clerilliirkU11de.
FATAL PERITONITIS AS THE RESeLT OF PERFORATION OF THE INTESTINE BY THE STEM OF A PLANT IN THE HORSE. By LETARDI.
THE subject of this note, a horse, at first showed decline of appetite and slight colic. Temperature 37'8° C. Intermittent griping pains, later on, fever. Increase in seriousness of symptoms, and death after four days. Post-mortem: In the abdominal cavity about 15 litres of purulent fluid; c
STONE I N THE URETHRA OF A MARE. By EGGINK.
SYMPTOMS : Incontinence of urine. Each time on lying dO\vn a certain amount of turbid urine was passed from the under commissure of the vulva along the buttocks, skin acutely inflamed, hair fallen out, slight emaciation, loss of appetite, increased thirst. On vaginal exploration E. found a hard swelling about the size of a hen's egg. The finger introduced into the bladder revealed a mass of firm consistency, consisting of several fragments, corresponding to each other, which filled out the bladder cavity. With the finger E. removed a
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top of the knots clear coloured. .On incising the right lobe a yellowish-red, penetrating, stinking fluid escaped. Gall ducts greatly distended, filled with this fluid, and walls greatly thickened. In the left lobe the gall ducts were much dilated, and their walls i cm. thiclc Little gall-stones were found throughout these ducts to the number of several hundred. In the chief exit there was a yellow structure as big as a pigeon's egg; its long diameter measured 4 cm. The colic in this horse seemed to be intimately connected with the presence of gall-stones. It was remarkable that during the whole course of the ailment there was complete absence of jaundice.-Zeitsclmjt fijr J!clerilliirkU11de.
FATAL PERITONITIS AS THE RESeLT OF PERFORATION OF THE INTESTINE BY THE STEM OF A PLANT IN THE HORSE. By LETARDI.
THE subject of this note, a horse, at first showed decline of appetite and slight colic. Temperature 37'8° C. Intermittent griping pains, later on, fever. Increase in seriousness of symptoms, and death after four days. Post-mortem: In the abdominal cavity about 15 litres of purulent fluid; c
STONE I N THE URETHRA OF A MARE. By EGGINK.
SYMPTOMS : Incontinence of urine. Each time on lying dO\vn a certain amount of turbid urine was passed from the under commissure of the vulva along the buttocks, skin acutely inflamed, hair fallen out, slight emaciation, loss of appetite, increased thirst. On vaginal exploration E. found a hard swelling about the size of a hen's egg. The finger introduced into the bladder revealed a mass of firm consistency, consisting of several fragments, corresponding to each other, which filled out the bladder cavity. With the finger E. removed a