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place. The sequela of these cases of suppressed strangles is 
generally the formation of matter in the lungs, and the 
animal dies of acute phthisis ; it being evident that matter in 
such cases must form somewhere, and that, if not discharged 
externally by suppuration of the submaxillary or parotid 
glands, it must collect in some internal part. I have frequently 
had cases of this metastasis to the lungs ; but this is only the 
second case I have met with where it has resulted in “Tabes 
mesenterica” 
Cahir Barracks; April 11, 1854. 
ENTERITIC AFFECTION. 
By W. Arkcoll, V.S., Leek. 
Dear Sir, — On looking over my case-book the other day, 
I found the enclosed case, one which may cause some young 
practitioner to adopt the motto, ( Nil desperandum,’ however 
hopeless the case may apparently seem. 
On May 28th, 1851, I was sent for to go to Cansall Hall, 
to see a horse belonging to Smith, Esq. He was found 
rolling in the field when they went for him to work, and he 
had been ill all day. I arrived there about 5 a.m., and found 
my patient was one of the farm horses, about nine years old, 
and a rig : but one testicle having ever been extracted. He 
was extended in a loose box, his extremities and mouth 
nearly cold ; pulse 120, and barely to be felt ; had been rolling 
and kicking all day, and now would not, or could not, be got 
up. His owner, an amateur doctor, had been giving him 
jalap, cum multis aliis ; but, as the man said, he kept going • 
worse, and nothing went through him. I told the owner, I 
was afraid it was a hopeless case. He wished me to do 
something for him. I told him I would try what hot water 
would do for him. I got about a pint of thick black blood 
from him, and then it ceased to flow. I first raked him and 
extracted a few hardened faeces ; had all his legs well hand- 
rubbed, and his ears pulled : in the interim, I had 
caused a gallon pot of water to be heated to boiling ; and 
when he was made as comfortable as we could, I took a 
quart pot and poured a quart of the boiling water upon his 
abdomen. This, after a minute, caused him to find the use 
of h^ legs ; he then lay down on the contrary side, and I 
gave him another dose. I afterwards administered some 
