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AN INTERESTING CASE OF WORMS. 
It may be remarked, that I have made no mention of fomenta- 
tions, either hot or cold ; hut these I had no occasion for, excepting 
once, and that was just before the commencement of suppuration, 
and not by my orders. It was between my visits, and it was then 
only that hot water was applied, from which I dated the commence- 
ment of suppuration. 
P.S. — I invariably make it a rule, when my aim is to avoid 
suppuration, not to make use of any external application, as union 
by the first intention is easiest brought about; but if symptoms 
warn me otherwise, I proceed according to those most urgent. 
The cow at this time is quite sound in appearance, having only 
a small seam or cicatrix along the course of the wound perceptible 
to the eye. 
AN INTERESTING CASE OF WORMS. 
By Mr. THOMAS WRIGHT, Veterinary Student , Brighton. 
A FINE large dog, about eighteen months old, of immense strength 
and an active disposition, became affected with a slight cough, 
which gradually grew worse, and at length assumed a very serious 
character. It was not until this stage of the disease that my atten- 
tion became directed to him. 
The symptoms were — cough of the most singular description, 
accompanied by frequent vomiting and an incessant rubbing of the 
nose ; added to these, more particularly when the animal was irri- 
tated or made to exert himself, there was a peculiar laboured respi- 
ration, threatening suffocation, and an accelerated and bounding ac- 
tion of the heart. 
Emaciation advanced with great rapidity — the appetite became 
entirely lost — and not the slightest relief could be obtained by the 
administration of any kind of medicine. Venesection was had re- 
course to, but the excessive prostration of strength and debility 
which followed, together with the relief obtained by it being merely 
transient, rendered a repetition of it objectionable. He died on the 
24th of October last, about ten weeks from the first appearance of 
the cough. 
Post-mortem examination. — The abdominal viscera were all 
beautifully healthy. The stomach contained a small quantity of 
gruel, which had been administered to him on the previous evening, 
and the intestines were, with the exception of a small quantity of 
lluid f&'ces, entirely void of contents. The thoracic cavity being 
