572 CASES OF PUTRID SORE THROATS IN HORSES. 
breath having such a putrid smell that it caused sickness and 
diarrhoea to the two men who attended him. 
A post-mortem examination of this case was made in the pre- 
sence of Mr. Chattock, when the same appearances, in a worse 
form, presented themselves as in the former case. The inflamma- 
tion extended to the base of the brain, causing an effusion of the 
serum there, to the amount of two table-spoonsful. 
The following statement, which I received from good authority, 
will shew that cattle are liable to malignant sore throat. Two 
starks, the property of a farmer at Wroxall, were found dead, or 
or nearly so, in a field, on the 12th of July last, affected in their 
throats. They had been seen by the shepherd some hours previous 
to their being found dead. The butcher was sent for to dress the 
carcasses for sale, and the consequence was £20 loss to him. His 
own horse partook of some grains mixed with some of the blood 
taken from the beasts. In less than twenty-four hours afterwards 
he died from swelling of his throat, producing suffocation. A sow 
and nine pigs likewise ate of the blood and grains: they soon 
afterwards were seized with throat affection, producing snorous 
breathing, of which one of them died. The others, after much 
trouble, eventually recovered. 
A son of the butcher, a stout youth fifteen years old, assisted his 
father to dress the carcasses of the starks. He happened to have 
a scar on one of his fingers at the time. Soon afterwards he be- 
came ill from painful swellings on his hand and face, and up to 
about a week since he has not been able to attend to his business 
or even leave his room. 
Remarks . — The above cases are those of malignant or putrid 
sore throat. Both horses and cattle are subject to this form of 
throat disease ; although no mention is made of it, as far as 1 am 
aware, in any of our works on the diseases of horses. Even Mr. 
Percivall appears altogether silent on it in his “ Hippopathology .” 
Nevertheless, the fact remains the same, and cases of this descrip- 
tion do now and then present themselves, generally appearing as 
isolated cases. I have met with about a score cases of it during 
my practice, and, I regret to say, it invariably has proved fatal. 
The symptoms of this kind of sore throat differ much from those 
of ordinary or catarrhal sore throat ; the disease being sudden in 
its attack, and rapidly running its course : the patient seldom sur- 
viving the third day. The whole system from the first greatly 
spmpathizes in this affection, as is shewn by the rapid rising of the 
pulse to 100 and upwards per minute. The general strength 
equally suffers. At first, the salivary glands appear slightly tume- 
fied, although extremely painful to the touch. No difficulty of 
