TWO CASES OF INFLAMED VEIN. 
By Mr. Riddel, V.S., Barrel Dykes , Old Ravi, Aberdeen. 
A two-year old colt, belonging to a farmer in the parish of 
Culsamond, had been bled by one of his neighbours about three 
weeks ago. The wound was about the middle of the neck. In¬ 
flammation took place, and when I was called last night, 27th 
September, I found the vein corded along the whole neck, es¬ 
pecially towards the heart,and a little blood oozing from the wound. 
The extremities were a little swelled, and he was continually 
shifting them, more especially the hinder ones: the flanks were 
tucked up ; the pulse 72, very feeble and soft ; the legs and ears 
warm ; he fed pretty well, and lay down as usual: he coughed 
sometimes, but there was no tenderness about the throat. I bled 
the horse, blistered the neck twice, and gave a laxative. 
October Mh .—By this time the blood ceased to flow from the 
wound, which I thought it would be prudent to enlarge. The 
horse had alteratives dailv until October 18. The breathing 
being easy, with swelling of the legs and belly; a copious discharge 
from the wound ; and the pulse completely under the influence 
of digitalis, he had no more medicine given to him. Fo¬ 
mentations, however, were daily used after the blister ceased to 
act, and gentle pressure was made with the fingers along the 
vein, but no injection had been used. 
23 d .—The discharge stopped, but there still was swelling about 
the parotid, and for two inches below the division of the vein. The 
vein was opened with a lancet, as I expected to find matter, but the 
blood flowed freely from the wound for a few minutes. A smart 
blister was again applied, and, November 3d, the swelling had 
nearly disappeared. 
Another case occurred in a one-year old stot. The farmer 
thought he was not thriving , and, says he, “ If he be no better 
for bleeding, he will be no worse,” and then operates himself; 
and to close the wound applies a clove or cliff, which is a piece 
of cane cut half through in the middle, and, laying hold of both 
ends, they bend the stick with the notch on the convex side, 
which admits the edges of the wound. This stick was allowed to 
remain on the wound three days ; and about a fortnight afterwards 
the breathing was so laborious, that they thought it proper to call 
me in ; but before I arrived the animal had breathed its last. The 
parts would have made a beautiful preparation had I skinned the 
animal, but that was done before I saw the beast. There was a 
sac formed that would contain two ounces of pus, between the 
wound in the skin and that of the vein, and attached to both. 
