A CASE OF PHLEBITIS IN A HORSE. 
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A CASE OF PHLEBITIS IN A HORSE. 
By Mr, John Tombs, Pershore. 
None of the contributors to The Veterinarian having 
taken up the subject of Phlebitis since the excellent communi- 
cation of Mr. Hales, I am induced to record one of the only 
two cases of it that terminated fatally in my practice. 
1835. — A bay horse, aged, the property of a gentleman of 
this town, was supposed to have coma, and was bled by a jockey 
at the request of the owner. The day after the operation was 
performed the pin was removed, and the horse taken a journey 
in harness ; when, drawing up a hill, the blood gushed out of the 
vein in a frightful manner, and which was staunched by pinning. 
Dec. 10 th . — I was requested to attend him, three weeks having 
elapsed since he was bled. He was holding his head under the 
manger, evidently in great pain, and refusing his food. On ex- 
amination, I found the vein very much enlarged, and the circu- 
lation entirely suppressed. He had been struck twice by the 
person who bled him, and the lower orifice, from which the 
blood flowed, is become a sinus. The substance surrounding 
the upper incision was swollen and indurated previous to my 
attending him: tinct. myrrh had been applied to the wound. 
I ordered his head to be tied up to the rack (fearing congestion 
of the bloodvessels of the membranes of the brain) ; the neck 
to be constantly fomented, and a linseed poultice applied at 
night. 
11 th . — He holds his head on one side. The pulse is increased 
in frequency. I administered a dose of physic and laid open the 
sinus, to which I applied a solution of zinc daily, keeping 
the head tied up, and continuing the fomentation and poultice. 
15 th . — Eats a little bran. An abscess has formed in the 
upper incision, which I opened, and continued the opening to 
the sinus below 7 . I then introduced a probe up the vein nearly 
to the angle of the jaw r , and laid it open, continuing the zinc and 
poultices. I likewise gave a diuretic, as the posterior extremities 
were oedematous. 
20 th . — I permitted him to lie down to-day. Continue treat- 
ment. 
