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Powdered podophyllum, ... 2 drachms, 



Extract of boneset, 3 drachms, 



Cream of tartar, 4 drachms, 



Warm water, 1 pint. 



Did not get more than half of it down, owing to the stiffness of 

 the neck and the unwillingness of the patient to swallow. 



March 4. Found the patient greatly improved ; appetite 

 pretty good ; excretions, dung and urine, scanty, yet natural ; 

 discharge from the throat less copious. The parotid glands as 

 large as a man's wrist, also the submaxillary and thyroid glands 

 still enlarged. Prescribed the following embrocation : — 



Neatsfoot oil, 1 pint, 



Spirits of camphor, 4 ounces, 



Pyroligneous acid, 3 ounces. 



To be applied to the glands night and morning, and one of the 

 following powders to be given in the food at the same time : — 



Powdered gentian, 2 ounces, 



" goldenseal, .... 1 ounce, 



" pleurisy root, ... 1 ounce, 



" licorice, 1 pound. 



Divided into six parts. 



March 7. On leading the patient out of the stall, he appeared 

 somewhat stiff in the limbs. The swelling has all subsided, with 

 the exception of the parotid glands, which are quite large. The 

 discharge has almost abated, and the animal appears in good 

 spirits, and has a natural appetite. 



From this date the animal was daily exercised, and returned 

 to his usual diet, and in the course of a fortnight was put to work. 

 The parotid glands, however, were enlarged for some weeks after, 

 but gradually decreased under the daily application of a stimulat- 

 ing liniment. 



Contagiousness of Strangles. 

 We learn from the Veterinarian that M. Reynal, clinical pro- 

 fessor at the Alfort School, submits a number of observations 

 corroborative of the contagious character of strangles. He states 

 that " Young horses having strangles, and put into stables with 

 horses of adult age, doing their duty, have communicated the dis- 

 ease to those of the latter who have stood in adjoining stalls, 

 though some few have only exhibited the disease in a catarrhal 



