380 ABSCESS IN THE LIVER AND KIDNEY OF A FILLY. 
communicated to you by that person, and they will be doing 
nothing more than a duty they owe to themselves by subscrib- 
ing their evidence ; and if it be shewn, that such is the degraded 
state into which a portion of our members have fallen, I think 
it a right subject for the Council of the College to legislate 
upon. It does not follow that, because an individual obtains a 
diploma from the College, he is thereby let loose upon the 
public and the profession, to plunder the former and ruin the 
latter. No : there are ways and means to teach him better, 
and put a stop to his doings. 
I am, dear Sir, your’s truly. 
Wm. Percivall , Esq. 
Wolverhampton, June 13, 1851. 
ABSCESS IN THE LIVER AND KIDNEY OF A FILLY. 
By J. Kay, M.R.C.V.S. 
The subject of this case was a well-grown two-year- old 
chestnut filly, belonging to Mr. W. England, of Pomfret. I 
first saw her on 4th March last, and my attention was at once 
directed to a large swelling in the right hypochondriac and um- 
bilical regions, measuring about 12 inches in the antero-posterior 
bv 8 inches in the transverse direction. Pulse 40; respiration 
12. Schneiderian membrane of the temperature of the surface. 
Bowels and urine both normal. 
I was informed she had been at grass with a heifer, from 
which it was surmised she might have sustained some injury ; 
I also learned that she had given much trouble to break in 
last December ; had been several times thrown down and 
roughly used ; and that she had been turned out whilst sweat- 
ing profusely from such harsh treatment. But there was no 
swelling or other ailment observed until a few days before I 
saw her. 
At my first visit, I simply ordered the swelling to be fomented 
for two hours twice a day, refraining from puncturing the 
tumour on account of the risk, should it not prove an abscess. 
March 16th, I found the abscess had burst, and discharged a 
great deal of unhealthy pus. Pulse 26. Schneiderian mem- 
brane blanched. The aperture and skin natural. I ordered 
tonics, fomentations, and plenty of nourishment, which were 
continued until the 24th, when the owner wished her to take 
her chance at grass. 
