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A CASE OF PHLEBITIS IN A HORSE. 
21st. — His head is swollen in consequence of being under no 
restraint yesterday. Give a dose of physic ; continue the sol. of 
zinc and poultices. 
2 8th. — A copious discharge of lymph — when eating he moves 
his jaws slowly on account of the pain produced by the disten- 
tion of the masseter veins. I slit up the vein as far as the 
parotid gland ; profuse hemorrhage followed, which was sup- 
pressed by pressure. Continue treatment. 
1836, Jan. IsL — An inconceivably abundant discharge of 
thin matter, mingled with blood, proceeded from small sinuses 
emptying themselves into the wound which I made on the 28th. 
Dress them with mild segyptiacum. 
4 th. — Sore looking rather healthy, and disposed to granulate. 
5th. — The right side of the head alarmingly swelled —the 
parts adjacent to the wound are swollen. He eats nothing. 
He is covered with perspiration, and his skin smokes like a fur- 
nace. Pulse 70 and hard ; rests his head on the manger; walks 
stiffly, and pokes his nose out similar to an animal with anchylosis 
of the cervical vertebrae. At 8 a.m. five quarts of blood were 
abstracted from the remaining jugular vein, and a solution of 
the chloride of lime was applied to the sore, which stinks abomi- 
nably. I gave a mild dose of physic, and fomented the head and 
neck incessantly. At 6 p.m. the swellings were increased. 
I applied a blister to the nape of the neck on the left side, and 
bled him from the temporal artery and the angular vein. Wound 
poulticed at night. 
6th. — Apparently better ; drinks a little gruel ; swelling less. 
Continue fomentations. 
8 th. — Discharge from the wound very great, and not so offen- 
sive ; swelling decreased ; eats bran : pulse 40. Apply a lini- 
ment composed of oil of turpentine, common oil, and balsam of 
copaiba, twice a-day. 
14^. — A sinus has formed in the lower division of the vein ; 
his neck is so extremely stiff that he turns like an alligator : 
lay the new sinus open, and dress it as the others. 
1 5th. — Perspires occasionally : pulse 44. Eats but little ; 
rests his head on the manger, and sleeps in that position ; losing 
flesh fast ; swellings diminished. When he attempts to reach 
the rack a very large quantity of thin matter escapes from the 
opening, and which I suspect comes from sinuses inside the 
jaw, and from under the parotid gland. When he is walked 
out his head almost touches the ground, and his nose is 
inclined to the left side ; on that account, as well as his sleeping 
so much, I suspect that the membranes of the brain are in a 
state of congestion. The inflammation has now extended to the 
