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GLANDULAR ABSCESSES. 
on account of the integrity of the vital functions and the perfect 
state of health in which the animal appeared to be. 
On the following day an orange -coloured serosity, in the form of 
drops, covered the whole extent of the tumour, which was con- 
siderably increased in size. So great was the tension of the skin 
over the surface of the tumour that numerous scarifications were 
made in it. On the 28th, the animal appeared dull — did not eat 
with its usual appetite — his respiration was accelerated, and there 
was an augmentation in the number of pulsations. 
Again was the tumour examined, in order to ascertain that no 
purulent collection existed in the centre of it. We fancied that a 
slight fluctuation was perceptible, of deeply lodged matter ; but it 
was not sufficiently distinct to warrant the use of the bistoury ; 
besides, it was thought better to wait until the abscess was ripe. 
On the 28th the swelling was again examined, and an abscess 
deeply situated on the right side of the entrance to the chest, a 
little below the cariniform process of the sternum, was clearly 
distinguishable. An oedema of some considerable size, such as is 
symptomatic of superficial or deeply- seated purulent collections, 
situated on declivitous parts of the body, occupied the right fore- 
arm. This oedema was neither hot nor painful; all the incon- 
venience occasioned was to render the forward motion of the limb 
more difficult. 
On the morning of the 30th, the animal appeared to move with 
difficulty, and had not touched the rations given to it on the pre- 
ceding evening. It was resolved to open the abscess above alluded 
to : accordingly, the edge of a straight bistoury was plunged to its 
whole length into the thickness of the swelling, and a consider- 
able quantity of white creamy pus, undistinguished by any un- 
pleasant smell, flowed from the incision thus made. An opening of 
considerable extent having permitted the introduction of the finger 
into the abscess, we were astonished to find only a small bag, the 
capacity of which appeared by no means equivalent to the quan- 
tity of pus which had been discharged ; hence it was supposed 
that this abscess was not the only one, and must communicate 
with other and more deeply-seated purulent deposits. 
On the following day the animal did not appear so dull; it could 
move the limb forward with greater ease, and the swelling on the 
chest was very considerably diminished ; a great quantity of pus, 
however, continued to be discharged. 
On the night between the 2d and 3d of May it was perceived 
that the animal had his halter extended to its utmost length, hung 
down his head, and had neither touched the hay nor oats which 
had been placed for him on the preceding evening. On a closer 
examination the following symptoms were recognized : — Partial 
