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gland. Then, making another incision of about six inches long, 
and at right angles with its inferior extremity somewhat below 
the submaxillary branch of the jugular vein, I dissected back the 
two angles which this made, exposing the tumour pretty fully, and 
which appeared quite to occupy the parotid gland. Then again 
commencing superiorly, I endeavoured to dissect down to its 
base ; but, the bleeding being rather profuse from the small paro- 
tideal arteries, superficial, auricular, and other veins, some of which 
had to be secured, I was delayed much, having no very efficient as- 
sistant : I however kept on securing vessels which required it, these 
being rather numerous, until the stylo maxillaris muscle was ex- 
posed, together with the membrane of the guttural cavity, from which 
I managed to detach the gland without piercing a large branch of 
the jugular. The temporal had to be tied, as also several arteries; 
but so disorganized were these parts, that I could scarcely recognise 
the usual vessels. 
Continuing the dissection, and tying various bleeding trunks, ve- 
nous and arterial, I shortly exposed the sterno maxillaris tendon and 
part of the submaxillary gland, which was not implicated in the 
disease. I had now detached the superior and posterior extre- 
mity, having only the inferior anterior part to remove, in doing 
which the submaxillary jugular branch was divided. A little 
portion of the gland covered by the jaw was not removed ; a small 
strip also, extending from it superiorly, was left, as it appeared 
healthy : indeed, very little of the gland remained in any part, 
except just where the duct emerges, there being a determination 
on my part to kill or cure, the owner caring little which, though 
hardly expecting the latter. 
We now let the beast up : she breathed much better, and walked 
pretty stoutly. During the operation she struggled much, and on 
several occasions roared out as well as she was able. She con- 
tinued to bleed several hours, but not very rapidly ; on seeing which, 
I left her for the present. On going to her on the following day, there 
was a large lump of jellied blood formed in the wound. Not liking 
to remove it, I merely ordered warm water to be squeezed out 
of a sponge upon the part : in two more days I removed the clot, 
and washed the parts gently ; some bleeding followed, but it did not 
last long. 
On the 16th she seemed much livelier. Her paunch during the 
preceding twenty-four hours had not swelled, and her breathing 
was tolerably free. I observed that the j ugular vein would not again 
be pervious, and that a few small knots of gland might prove 
troublesome, as the salivary secretion appeared going on in them ; 
I, however, determined to destroy them, and applied the actual 
cautery in the person of a red-hot poker. Still, however, I did 
