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latter stages of severe distemper. Sometimes on the 

 lower jaw, or on the side of the throat immediately 

 beneath it, a tumour suddenly appears; at first quite 

 circumscribed, but gradually becoming more diffused, 

 and preventing the perfect opening of the mouth. It 

 is hot and tender ; the dog is evidently suffering acute 

 pain. 



After a time, which is always of uncertain duration, 

 it will point or feel soft at some part; there it should 

 be opened with a lancet. The quantity of fluid which 

 some of these abscesses contain is astonishing. More 

 than a quart has been taken from a large dog. 



The contents having been evacuated, a director 

 should be inserted into the opening, and the skin, to 

 whatever extent it may be detached, be ruthlessly 

 slit up. A horrible gaping wound is thus created, 

 but the sore being occasionally gently moistened with 

 the weaker solution of the chloride of zinc, one grain 

 to the ounce of water, it is astonishing how quickly 

 the injury will heal, without leaving even a trace 

 behind. The animal will nearly always respect its 

 own sufferings, but should a desire be displayed to 

 scratch the part, of course the hind limb must be 

 encased in a wrapper. 



ENLARGEMENT OE THE THYROID GLANDS — 

 BRONCHOCELE. 



The throat of the dog exhibits yet another kind of 

 tumour. On either side of the windpipe, sometimes 

 high up in the neck, at others almost as low as the 

 chest, will be felt an oval, moveable, hard tumour; 

 varying in size from a bean to a pullet's egg. The 



