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gavenny, brought to us for examination as to the cause of 
death. The bitch in question had been hunting in the 
afternoon, and, after running a buck, the size of her body 
was observed to be much increased, there was a difficulty 
in breathing, and frequent attempts to vomit. These 
conditions became rapidly more acute, and death resulted 
in about twenty minutes after the first noticeable symptoms 
of illness. It was an hour after death when we made the 
autopsy, the body being then an enormous size, and the 
loose cellular tissue under the tongue was much inflated, 
and protruded from the mouth in the form of a bladder, 
the tongue itself being of normal size. This inflated tissue 
pressed the tongue to the roof of the mouth, and had 
caused death by asphyxia. The original cause of the 
emphysema was a punctured wound received from the 
buck’s antler, and in running the bitch had literally 
pumped herself full of air; and on the inflated cellular 
tissue under the tongue being pierced, the air rushed out, 
and the body of the hound resumed somewhat its normal 
proportions.” 
Tveatment—The treatment of Emphysema consists in 
making various punctures into the inflated part, so arranged 
as to circumscribe or localise the emphysema, and to form 
sufficient outlets for the imprisoned air; and it may also 
be desirable to enlarge the original puncture. Bandaging 
has been suggested as a repressive and absorbent 
measure, 
On this subject, in Human Surgery, Gant observes :— 
‘“ Should respiration become oppressed, venesection, freely 
employed, will often afford the most marked and instan- 
taneous relief.” 
TRAUMATIC EMPHYSEMA IN THE LINGUAL 
CANAL. 
On the 5th July, 1888, a cross-bred house dog, belonging 
to Mrs. Moreton, of Tillington Terrace, Hastings, was 
