ABSCESS IN THE THIGH OF A HEIFER. 
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fact, even according to your own report of my speech, for there you 
merely make me say, “ he has given as much as half a pound 
each of the nitrous ether and carbonate of ammonia in the space 
of twenty-four hours.” 
What I stated, or meant to convey, was, that I had, in some 
cases, given to the extent of ^viij of nitrous ether, jiij nitre, 
§ij tinct. opii, to one horse in the course of twenty-four hours ; 
to another I have given to the extent of §viij of carbonate of am- 
monia in the course of a similar period ; that the porter was 
given at another stage of the disease in two portions a-day, and, 
in some of the cases, a larger quantity than that stated has been 
allowed. Out of forty cases so treated, only one died, and the 
stomach, I may say, shewed no trace of disease ; while four 
cases, treated according to that system which has been recom- 
mended by many of my brethren, died. 
J. P. Cheetham. 
London, 11th January, 1837. 
ABSCESS IN THE THIGH OF A HFIFER. 
By Mr. Pope, Tarves, Aberdeenshire. 
I was sent for on the 30th August, 1834, by Mr. Pirie, miller, 
of Torrie, to see a quey which was taken badly the day before. 
When I saw her she was down, and unable to rise ; pulse 97, 
and mouth very dry. I commenced feeling for the part affected, 
when I found the disease seated in one of the thighs, which 
crackled when I handled it from the pelvis all the way down to 
the hock joint. I bled her freely from the neck, and gave a ca- 
thartic (magnes. sulph.); I then took my lancet, and made seve- 
ral pretty large punctures in the swelled parts ; inserted a seton ; 
got some warm water (as warm as could be admitted of) and com- 
menced fomentations, and continued them for four hours, after 
which I rubbed her dry, and gave injections. See. 
I continued laxatives, injections, and fomentations for a week ; 
at the expiration of which time, matter formed, and was freely 
discharged, and I rested satisfied that my patient was doing well. 
At the expiration, however, of three weeks, I was somewhat sur- 
prised that the swelling continued, the parts having discharged 
so well. I made a deep incision about three inches in length, and 
introduced my fingers; when, to my no small astonishment, I 
found the fleshy fibres completely detached from the femur. I 
immediately enlarged the orifice, and extracted five pounds weight 
of the deadened mass, and cleansed the parts well with warm 
