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fore leg, as he was so lame that he could not place this foot 
upon the ground. When I arrived, I found my poor patient 
lying (for the first time since the 13th) on his right side, with 
his fore legs extended from the body, apparently suffering 
great pain. A short examination convinced me that my 
patient was labouring under an acute attack of laminitis, 
principally of the left fore foot; the right being also abnormally 
hot, though it gave no evidence of pain on percussion being 
applied to the wall or sole ; the hind feet were perfectly 
healthy. I now considered my case a hopeless one ; yet, 
from the age of the animal, w r as induced to persevere. I 
therefore bled from both plantar veins, and placed the foot 
and leg, above the fetlock joint, in hot w ater, w hich assisted 
the hemorrhage greatly, the hot water bath being continued 
for eight hours, at a uniform temperature; after which, poul- 
tices were applied for three days, and sedative and aperient 
medicine given. The only remedy applied to the off foot was 
a linen bandage, kept constantly wet with cooling lotion, with 
the gutta percha skin applied over it. # The same w as applied 
to the left foot, after the third day, and I think great benefit 
was derived from the use of it. In ten days’ time the animal 
could w r alk comparatively sound. Mild blisters were then 
applied to the coronet, and the animal given several months’ 
rest. 
I saw the same horse about a month since working on the 
roads, going perfectly sound. The only thing observable 
in the foot, is that about an inch of the old wall has not yet 
been thrown off. 
IRREGULAR STRANGLES. 
By George Lewis, M.R.C.V.S., Monmouth. 
Dear Sir, — Should the following case of irregular stran- 
gles prove sufficiently interesting for insertion in your valu- 
able Journal, it is at your service. 
A three years’ old colt, the property of Mr. Bud, of Upper 
Field Farm, Herefordshire, five miles from this towm, suffered 
from strangles ; the usual treatment was resorted to w ith ap- 
parent success ; but, in a short time, abscesses again formed 
in the parotid and submaxillary glands. These w-ere freely 
* Will Mr. Hunting kindly inform us how lie uses the gutta percha skin ? 
To us such treatment is new. — Ed. Vet. 
