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pouch was completely filled, and the superior part of nasal 
chamber on one side so much so that scarcely a particle of air could 
pass. Again, we have cases related of secondary abscess in all the 
internal organs of body. 
Mr. Wallis, of Cambridge, in Veterinary Journal of 1852, 
relates a case of one on spinal cord, and here I will give from my 
own note-book a short account of one of brain. 
In the beginning of July, 1867, 1 attended a nice riding cob for Mr. 
John Litt, of Stone, with irregular strangles. The case did not pro- 
gress to my mind, but was so far recovered that I discontinued treat- 
ment on the 18th, enjoining rest and good nursing. On the 5ih of 
August I was again sent for, when the animal showed symptoms of 
cerebral affection, the owner persisting she had hurt herself in the 
night, as she was well the day previous. Taking into consideration 
the disease she had been labouring under, my prognosis was un- 
favorable, believing abscess had formed on or near brain. Being 
a valuable animal, treatment was adopted consisting of blisters 
behind ears, seton to poll, cold application to head, &c., under 
which she rallied for a day or two, when she became suddenly 
nearly comatose, obstinately standing with head over, and resting 
on stall on one side of her box. I administered liquids by passing 
tube over the larynx, the power of deglutition being completely 
lost; gradually getting worse, on the 10th she was destroyed. 
Post-mortem showed all internal organs healthy, except a little 
hepatization of anterior lobe of right lung, and small tumours in 
mesenteric glands. This latter, I think, is almost always present 
in cases that have died from effects of strangles ; they, like the 
salivary glands, seem particularly susceptible of the disease. In 
the medullary substance of right cerebrum was an abscess as large 
as a small hen’s egg. None of us like losing patients, but the post- 
mortem in this case was very satisfactory to me, as many who had 
seen the patient during life ridiculed the idea of abscess in the 
brain. 
I come now to treatment of strangles. This, as a rule, is most 
simple. Attend well to patients’ comforts, feed on food easy of 
mastication and deglutition, and encourage suppuration in every 
way. As regards food, green, scalded, is best, and I would never 
allow a horse with strangles food on the ground or in rack, from the 
simple fact that the tension produced by bending the neck inflicts 
unnecessary pain. An exception must be made where colts are 
obliged to be left at grass. It is often a matter of no slight moment 
that we should see to our patients’ little w^ants. We are all apt to 
leave to others that which is never done, and in no calling is the 
old adage, “ If you want a thing done well, you must do it yourself,” 
more fully verified than in that of the veterinary surgeon. To hasten 
suppuration I do not consider anything equal to steaming the head 
and hot fomentations. They are grateful to the animal, do not 
irritate, and favour exudation. Stimulating applications I rarely 
use, and have yet to learn that blisters have any beneficial effects ; on 
the contrary, believe they often do harm. By increasing tenderness 
