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EVERY-DAY CASES—EXTRACTS FROM CASE BOOK. 
By the same . 
“ Of these the most important portion of our practice is composed. A hint 
of the possibility of error with regard to them would be deemed an insult; 
yet in no cases do we occasionally commit ourselves so egregiously as in 
these.”— Lectures. 
Dec. 1st, 1832. Rabies. —A spaniel, belonging to Madame 
G., was brought because he had not eaten for two days; but with¬ 
out the slightest suspicion, on the part of the owner, of the real 
state of the case. The jaw was hanging down, saliva was 
running plentifully from his mouth, there was a slight degree of 
strabismus, with spasm about the right eye, and peculiar bright¬ 
ness of it. He staggered a little, and growled occasionally, but 
was tolerably manageable. - 
2d .—Lies curled up in his bed; when taken out he staggered 
more. The water which had been placed before him was covered 
with, or rather was, one mass of slime. He is getting more ill- 
tempered. A grating noise is heard in the throat. 
3d .—He lies in his bed as yesterday. On going to him, and 
taking hold of his chain, he attempted to bite it. There is pa¬ 
ralysis of the orbicularis muscle of the right eye: he is very weak, 
and can scarcely stand. He continued to get weaker and weaker, 
and died in the night of the 3d. 
Fauces much inflamed, extending over the membrane covering 
the dorsum of the epiglottis. Stomach very much inflamed, and 
throughout. Much dark-coloured slimy fluid in the stomach. 
Dec. 1st, 1832. Encysted Tumour. —A bay horse, belong¬ 
ing to Mr. L. A tumour, rapidly increasing, was forming about 
two inches posteriorly and superiorly to the corner of the mouth. 
There was no appearance of it when the horse went into the 
country two months ago. 
It was loose under the integument, but seemed to adhere 
closely to the buccal membrane. I made one longitudinal in¬ 
cision, and readily dissected it, until I arrived at the buccal 
membrane, with which it seemed to be identified. A small hole 
was necessarily cut into the mouth. One large and one small 
vessel was secured. Five stitches were employed. The tumour 
was the size of a hen’s egg compressed: the parietes thick, in¬ 
durated, and almost cartilaginous. A cyst within contained an 
ounce of pus, of the consistence of cream. The lining mem¬ 
brane was curiously thickened. 
