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fifteen days after, and no untoward symptom exhibited itself, with 
the exception of a slight tumefaction around the wound in the 
chest. 
On the morning of the 24th July (sixteen days after applying 
the ligature) the head, neck, breast and shoulders, commenced 
swelling and which pitted on pressure, while coagulated blood 
oozed from the wound in small quantities ; her appetite failed, and 
she evidently experienced great uneasiness when she attempted to 
swallow. The swelling continued to increase until the evening, 
when suddenly blood began to flow in a stream from the mouth and 
nostrils, which speedily terminated in death. 
Post-mortem examination . — The cellular membrane was filled 
with serous fluid. The vein above the ligature was firmly plugged 
with lymph. Below the ligature the vein contained blood in a 
fluid state. The wound below, which communicated with the jugu- 
lar, looked very dark and unhealthy. The course of the vessel 
towards the heart was highly inflamed, and also the jugular on the 
opposite side. The heart was much inflamed. The lungs were also 
tuberculated, and vomicae were beginning to form. A considerable 
quantity of extravasated blood was found in the left lung, which 
was the immediate cause of death. An effusion of serous fluid 
had also taken place in the cavity of the abdomen. The other 
viscera were healthy. 
A case occurred, where I was apprentice, in which a fearful gash 
was made in the vein of a colt that swerved while another apprentice, 
contrary to his master’s orders, was endeavouring to bleed the 
animal with a lancet. The blood gushed out at a fearful rate. 
The master, however, was presently at hand, and arrested the flow 
of blood by pressure above. He then examined the wound, and 
found it between three and four inches long ; he could put two 
of his fingers into it. It required four pins to secure the neck from 
further haemorrhage. This, however, returned at the expiration of 
eight days. Being aware that nothing but obliteration of the cavity 
of the vein would permanently restrain the bleeding, he says, “ I 
again inserted the pins to wait for this event, and certainly not 
without apprehension, lest the bleeding might occur when no one was 
near (although I had directed the case to be strictly watched), or that 
the inflammation in the vein might be so intense that I should lose 
my patient. No further haemorrhage, however, occurred ; inflam- 
mation of the vein proceeded rapidly and severely ; the tube of the 
vessel was soon filled up, and pins removed. Great enlargement of 
the parotid gland, soreness of throat, coma and stertorous breathing 
also followed, and it was, in fact, one of the severest cases of in- 
flammation of the vein I have had under my care ; still, it terminated 
favorably, and the gentleman used the horse for several years, and 
then sold him, perfectly sound, except the obliteration of the vein 
on the right side of the neck.” 
He also observed that he had a case in which, after profuse 
secondary haemorrhage, an affection of the brain so considerable 
came on that the patient (a cart-mare), if moved about, would 
stagger and even fall down from giddiness of the head. By pur- 
