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THE VETERINARY ART IN INDIA. 
By J. Grellier, Esq., M.R.C.S. 
[Continued from page 548, vol. i, N. S.] 
Diseases of the Arteries and Veins. 
The arteries are liable to few diseases, unless we admit of 
fever, cold, &c., where, the natural secretions being obstructed, 
the quantity, or quality of the blood becomes affected, and the 
arteries suffer in consequence, as blood is their natural stimulus. 
These complaints, however, will appear better under their re- 
spective heads. 
There is a disease that sometimes occurs, though not fre- 
quently, which is a distention of the aorta near the heart, forming 
a kind of bag, that in the course of time, on the animal being 
severely exercised, will burst and occasion instant death. 
Horses dying immediately after running is generally in conse- 
quence of a rupture of this vessel. It is likewise asserted, that this 
artery is liable to become ossified in old horses ; but these com- 
plaints are all of them out of the reach of remedy, or even pallia- 
tion. 
If a rusty lancet is employed in bleeding, or if, after bleeding, 
the orifice is improperly closed, or the pin left in too long, tumours, 
without much inflammation, are very apt to form along the course 
of the vein. These will generally disappear by fomentations of 
vinegar, in which crude sal ammoniac has been dissolved, in the 
proportion of a drachm to a pint of camphorated spirits of wine. 
Soap liniment will also frequently succeed. 
If, however, these applications are found of no effect, the actual 
cautery, or firing may be tried ; or a skilful surgeon may lay open 
the integument over the vein on each side of the tumour, and 
with a needle tie up the vein altogether. By this it will be ob- 
literated, and the corresponding branches will increase in diameter 
equal to the bulk of the lost vein. By this management the 
circulation will not be affected. 
Diseases of the Lungs. 
Inflammation of the lungs frequently follows an increased 
action of the heart ; and although it has the appearance of a local 
disease I imagine it to be the effect of a general predisposition. 
This opinion is supported by the animal being much more liable 
to this disease on being removed from a cold to a warm atmosphere 
than from a warm one to a cold, as is generally supposed. 
