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uniting. The blister having failed, a false opening- 

 has been made into the mouth, or the gland itself 

 has been intentionally destroyed. We make no men- 

 tion of the budding-iron, because it is a destructive 

 instrument, and it never ought to be seen in humane 

 or scientific hands. Far less ought so dangerous an 

 application to be used by the professional man upon 

 the property of other people. His duty is to do no 

 harm if he can do no good ; and happily a mode of 

 cure for fistulous parotid gland has been discovered, 

 which promises to fulfil every intention of the very 

 best surgery. A very little liquid blister is used to 

 aid the knife in removing all the schirrus round the 

 opening. This being accomplished, a pledget of lint 

 is put upon the orifice ; and this is forcibly retained 

 in its situation by means of short pieces of darning 

 cotton passed over it. The ends of the cotton are 

 made firm by the application of collodium ; which is 

 nothing more than gun-cotton dissolved in ether. 

 The heat of the body causes the ether to evaporate, 

 leaving behind the gun-cotton, which forms an admi- 

 rable glue. This excellent mode of curing fistulous 

 parotid was the discovery of Mr. T. W. Govving, of 

 Camden Town, to whose genius Veterinary Science 

 is so much beholden. Of course when the last method 

 is pursued, the horse's head is tied up, to prevent him 

 rubbing the part against the manger : and the animal 

 is barely supported upon liquids, to render unneces- 

 sary the movement of the jaw. 



The other glands which supply the mouth with 

 saliva will also generally share in the inflammation of 

 the parotid. The submaxillary glands from close 

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