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roarer, the symptoms are frequently of a very alarming 

 character. If the formation of the tumour be not closely 

 watched, and its contents evacuated at the proper time, it 

 may burst internally, flow into the trachea, and cause death 

 by suffocation. In some cases the animal becomes emaciated, 

 the pulse weak, signs of abdominal pain are shown, and 

 absence of the usual sub-maxillary abscess, etc., is observed. 

 These symptoms are indicative of the irregular, or malignant 

 form of strangles, and the formation of an abscess in some 

 of the viscera. In other cases there are symptoms pre- 

 sented which show that the brain and spinal cord, or nerve 

 centres, are affected. The breathing becomes affected, the 

 appetite becomes impaired, pulse weak, etc., showing the 

 presence of a case of malignant or irregular strangles, in 

 which form I think the abscess will oftenest be found in 

 connection with the lungs, abdominal viscera, and some- 

 times in the heart. An abscess may form in any part of the 

 body, no organ, or set of organs, being secure from an 

 invasion. The abscess, or tumour, as it ordinarily occurs in 

 the sub-maxillary space, varies considerably in size, in 

 some cases being no larger than the end of a man's little 

 finger. On the other hand, it may extend forward even to 

 the lips, or right up to, and affecting the parotid glands. 

 The whole jaw, or even the whole of the head, may occa- 

 sionally become one mass of corruption. 



Treatment — The treatment of strangles, as it ordinarily 

 occurs, is by no means a difficult matter. The patient 

 should be placed in a comfortable, dry, and well ventilated 

 loose-box. Pure air in unlimited quantities constituting an 

 important part of the treatment of this malady, nature must 

 in every possible way be assisted in throwing off the disease. 

 The animal should be clothed in a judicious manner, and 

 the diet should consist of nutritive and easily digestible 

 food. Febrifuges are indicated, but I do not advise their 



