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his appetite, had commenced running from both nostrils, toughed 

 softly and loosely, and had swelling under the jaw, which ended 

 in resolution, all the symptoms terminating eight days from their 

 commencemer/t. 



It lias been remarked that strangles is more surely communi- 

 cated at an early than a late stage, and in a certain form more 

 readily than in others. Strangles wall assume the herpetic char- 

 acter, simulate farcy and glanders, settle in the mesenteric glands, 

 or may follow castration. In regard to contagion, may be men- 

 tioned, as most readily communicable, that form of strangles which 

 assumes the character of eruptions on the lips, nose, and pituitary 

 m'^mbrane." 



Tlie Tumor of Strangles is not always confined to the subnia^r- 

 illary space, as will be observed from the following case, which 

 occurred in the author's practice, a short time ago, in a gray mare, 

 and which speedily ran to a fatal termination. Tlie subject had 

 previously suffered from some internal disorder, and, on recovery 

 from which, did not appear to regain its usual health, but re- 

 mained in an unthrifty condition. A few days before our atten- 

 tion was called to the case, a turn r made its ap])earance on the 

 near hip, which suppurated and discharged. On the raorniiig of 

 our visit, the animal had been attacked with abdominal pain, for 

 which remedies had been prescribed. They not ajipcaring to 

 afford relief, the owner called in the aid of some person, w-ho in- 

 eerted a knife into the mouth, and wounded the palatine artery, 

 from which the blood had flowed for several hours, but was now 

 arrested. We found the extremities icy cold, and the ])ulse very 

 feeble. The eye appeared glassy, mucous surfaces pale, and the 

 lips hanging pendulous. There was a painful tumor on the near 

 hind leg, close to the stifle, and another on the flank of the same 

 side. The animal was exceedingly stiff and lame in the hind ex- 

 tremities, and appeared to be failing very fast. Considering the 

 case a hopeless one, we merely recommended some restorative cor- 

 dial and a few quarts of gruel. The animal died in the course 

 of a few hours, and its death, no doubt, was hastened by the loss 

 of blood; for, as the owner expressed himself, "the horse had 

 some life in him before being bled," thereby intimating that the 

 abstraction of blood deprived him of that life. 



Treatment. — So soon as matter can be detected in the tumor oi 

 abscess beneath the jaw it should be laid open. This will liber- 



