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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 
Dandie 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 am.I detected a little 
softening on the right side, and, as it was evident the dog 
could 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 
