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the parts assumed a healthy condition, with the exception of 
a portion situated near to the anus where a sac was formed, 
in which the pus accumulated. With great difficulty this 
receptacle was lgid open, and in so doing, an artery was 
divided, which caused a copious flow of blood; which, however, 
was easily stopped by plugging. From this time the wound 
went on favorably, and by the 3d of June, the cure was 
completed, the patient having been admitted on the 1st of 
May. 
DESTRUCTIVE DISEASE OF THE EYE, &c., ASSOCIATED WITH 
STRUCTURAL CHANGES OF THE BRAIN. 
The subject of this case was an aged mare, which was 
brought to the infirmary, after being under treatment for 
several days for an abscess, which was situated under the 
orbit. When admitted, a sore of an unhealthy appearance, 
which bled on the slightest touch, w r as found at the lower 
edge of the orbital arch, on the right side, communicating 
with the interior of the orbit. It was discharging a greenish- 
coloured pus, having a fetid odour. The eyelids w ere swollen, 
and protruding from betw-een them w ? as some disintegrated 
tissue. The maxillary articulation, as w T ell as the cheek, 
was the seat of great tumefaction and inflammation. Mastica- 
tion was necessarily very imperfectly performed. The head 
was inclined to the right side, and on the slightest touch on 
this side it w r as affected with a kind of jerking motion, but 
no similar action w r as observed when the left side was 
pressed. On the following day it was noticed that the 
patient was unable to stand steadily on his legs, and that 
from time to time the body had a kind of balancing motion 
from before backwards. The head vvas inclined to the right 
side, the animal seeking, as it w 7 ere, a resting-place for it, 
and, when found, attempting to bring the body fonvards, 
which was accomplished with imminent risk of failing. The 
eyesight was greatly impaired; but it w r as impossible to 
satisfactorily examine the pupils, on account of the irregular 
motions of the animal. The pulse was frequent, and the 
artery much distended. The respiration was deep and 
irregular. When water w r as offered, the patient w r ould put 
the low 7 er part of her head into the pail, and not remove it 
until the danger of suffocation became imminent. These 
symptoms indicated a severe affection of the brain, which 
w T ere combatted by cold affusions to the head, and revulsives 
to the skin and intestinal canal. These means did not, how r - 
ever, check the progress of the disease, which was much 
