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this purpose. In the former, after first shaving off the hair, 

 the liniment or tincture should be painted on with a brush 

 daily. In the latter it is best combined with iron (ferri 

 iodidum) in 5 to 10 grain doses daily. 



When suppuration takes place, which in the dog is not 

 unfrequent, the ordinary treatment for abscess is indi- 

 cated. 



Extirpation of the thyroid gland or the insertion of 

 setons are dangerous operations, and only warranted in 

 extreme cases. 



The following interesting case may be useful :■— On the 

 24th September, 1885, I received a telegram to attend a 

 Dandle Dinmont Dog, at Chetwynd Park, Newport, 

 Salop, the property of Sidney Burton Borough, Esq., which 

 upon my arrival I found to be suffering severely from 

 double bronchocele ; the pressure of the enlargement, 

 which involved both sides of the neck, being so great as to 

 have almost prevented respiration : indeed, suffocation was 

 so imminent that only by prompt, active, and persistent 

 measures was relief afforded. I applied hot linseed-meal 

 poultices every hour throughout the night, supporting my 

 patient in the meantime with frequent small quantities of 

 beef-tea and brandy, cautiously administered on account of 

 the difficulty of deglutition. At 8 a.m. I detected a little 

 softening on the right side, and, as it was evident the dog 

 <:ould not survive the ordinary process of maturity in the 

 abscess, I inserted the needle of a sub-cutaneous injection 

 syringe, and drew out nearly an ounce of dirty-coloured, 

 partially formed pus. This gave considerable relief, and 

 the breathing became freer. I then enlarged the opening, 

 and ordered the poultices continued, with strengthening 

 diet, including stimulants, cod-liver oil, and Parish's chemical 

 food. By request I paid a second visit on the 29th, when 

 I found the wound still discharging, but with consider- 

 able glandular enlargement, and surrounding hardness. 

 I advised painting with iodine, and previous treatment to 



