154 DISEASE OF THE LUNGS AND LIVER. 
hours at a time. The animal’s head, however, is worse in appear- 
ance than it was at the commencement of the disease : the mus- 
cles of the face are more relaxed, and the under lip is quite pen- 
dulous on the left side. The head, also, is in the position which it 
first assumed. 
The owner at length consented that I should administer some 
medicine ; and for the last three days 1 have been giving the 
strych. nux. vom. I think that I can perceive an improvement 
in the animal already, and in the course of a few weeks I will 
send you further particulars of the case. 
DISEASE OF THE LUNGS AND LIVER, AND AB- 
SCESS OF THE CiECUM, THE SEQUELA OF 
STRANGLES. 
By Mr. C. Percivall, V.S., Royal Artillery . 
A BAy gelding, four years old, under treatment for strangles, 
which had suppurated in the usual manner, was taken suddenly 
ill on the 13th of November, 1837, with symptoms of gripes ; but 
they very soon went off, and he was to all appearance quite well. 
In the evening he became again very uneasy. There was a small 
quick pulse; respiration short and quick; coldness of the ex- 
tremities ; and he was frequently turning his head round to his 
flank. 
Six quarts of blood were with difficulty withdrawn, upon which 
he broke out into a cold sweat, that ran from him in considerable 
quantity. Stimulants were applied to the surface of the abdo- 
men, legs, &c. 
On the following morning his breathing was much more tran- 
quil, and he appeared, upon the whole, to be better. Towards 
the evening, however, he became decidedly worse again ; very 
restless ; frequently up and down ; respiration short and quick ; 
extremities and surface of the body icy cold, accompanied with 
cold sweats. 
The venesection was again had recourse to, but it was with the 
greatest difficulty that four quarts of blood could be abstracted. 
He died in the course of the night. 
Post-mortem appearances . — The right lobe of the lungs in- 
flamed ; the caecum inflamed, and the coats thickened to a very 
considerable extent, together with an abscess containing a pint 
and a half of pus. The liver completely disorganized. 
