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A CASE OF TRACHEOTOMY IN A BAY MARE. 
By Mr. W. G. Taylor, Nottingham. 
I BEG leave to transmit a case of tracheotomy for insertion in 
your veterinary journal. The subject of it is a bay mare, four 
years old, the property of a farmer residing ten miles from 
Nottingham, that was sent over for my inspection on the 3d of 
July 1844, and was then evidently labouring under a severe 
catarrh, attended with sore throat, &c. 
My usual treatment in such cases is to insert a seton under the 
throat, and blister, &c. ; but, as the owner was not present, I did 
not feel warranted in so doing without his approbation ; I therefore 
prescribed a stimulating liniment to be applied to the throat twice 
a-day, and a ball composed of aloe Barbadensis, potassio antim. tart., 
potass, nitratis, &c. to be given once a-day ; a regimen of green meat 
and linseed mashes ; and, if not going on well, to let me know. 
I heard nothing of my patient for a week or ten days, when, 
accidentally meeting with the owner, Mr. Baily, of Haywood Oaks, 
he reported her as not going on so well as he wished, and requested 
me to see her, which I accordingly did on the following day. On 
my arrival, I found her very much reduced in flesh — considerable 
discharge from both nostrils — bad cough — and an enlargement of 
the submaxillary glands, which I prognosticated would form matter 
before she was relieved. Regarding it as a common case of 
strangles, with the view of hastening the formation of matter, I 
blistered the throat. After the effect of the blister was gone off, I 
ordered my people to foment her with warm water, and to apply a 
poultice. Her appetite was not much affected, except by the dif- 
ficulty she had in swallowing. 
I simply prescribed a little common febrifuge medicine, pro- 
mising to see her in three or four days, thinking that the abscess 
would form and break, and she would quickly recover. 
I saw her again on the 16th ; the owner was just sending off for 
me, as her breathing had become distressing. The abscess had 
broken and discharged a considerable quantity of matter, but there 
was still extensive tumefaction all around. Her nostrils were ex- 
panded to their utmost — her eyes staring — her countenance exceed- 
ingly anxious, shewing every symptom of suffocation — and roaring 
dreadfully. 1 enlarged the orifice considerably, but could not de- 
tect any fluctuation, though I suspected matter deeper seated. 
Not daring to leave her in this state until the following day, I at 
