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CLINICAL VETERINARY MEDICINE ANIJ SURGERY. 



On dissecting the parotid region phlebitis ^vas seen to have extended 

 a considerable distance beyond the parotid fistula. The subzygomatic 

 and internal maxillary veins had become affected. 



On dividing the head along the middle line the meninges appeared 

 inflamed, thickened, and bathed in a purulent exudate, in which 

 bacteriological examination revealed the presence of strepto- and 

 staphylococci. 



EXTENSIVE LACERATED WOUND IN NECK OF HORSE; RUPTURE 

 OF THE TRACHEA; RECOVERY. 



49- Light van horse, seen 23rd July, 1896. 



History. — Had been struck about the middle of the neck by the 

 pole of a two-horse van (see Fig. ^^). 



State on Examination. — The animal showed two wounds in the neck 

 and one in the pectoral region. The largest was on the off side of the 



Fig. 33. — The larger wound is shown white; the position of the smaller is indicated 

 by the arrow; the pole head is shown within lines. 



neck, about midway between the angle of the jaw and pomt of the 

 shoulder. A large irregular fragment of skin about three and a half 

 inches in either direction had been entirely torn away, and on insert- 

 ing the finger into the wound two channels could be detected, one 



