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TWO CASES OF SCIIIRROUS MESENTERIC GLANDS, 
AND ONE OF ANEURISM. 
By Mr. Brown, of Melton Mowbray. 
CASE I. 
February 7th , 1829.—A brown cart filly, two years old, appa¬ 
rently labouring under the inflammatory stage of strangles, with 
tumefied submaxillary glands. I gave her some fever medicine, 
and applied a stimulating embrocation to the swollen glands and 
throat, and ordered mashes of bran and oats. 
9 th .—I opened the abscess in the submaxillary gland on the 
near side, which discharged a considerable quantity of pus; I 
then applied a small bit of tow, impregnated with digestive lini¬ 
ment, to the suppurating gland, and administered vegetable tonics 
combined with powdered digitalis and emetic tartar. 
13///.—Pulse 70, and small; respiration limited; considerable 
discharge from the nose; and frequently lying down. Gave 
liquor ammonise acetatis ^iv, powdered opium 9ij, infusion of 
chamomile flowers ^vj, and spirit of nitrous sether ^i, 
14///.—Draught repeated. 
15///.—Pulse 54, appearing much better, but frequently lying 
down on the off and turning her head towards her near side, as if 
labouring under some chronic thoracic or abdominal pain. Blis¬ 
ter ointment applied to the sides. 
107//. — Pulse 76; discharge from the nose nearly stopped, 
with other symptoms of febrile action. I then gave Barbadoes 
aloes, combined with powdered digitalis, emetic tartar, and nitre, 
until the fmces were voided in a pulpy mass. 
18///.—Convalescent: vegetable tonics driven. 
22r/.—Opened the abscess in the submaxillary gland on the oft' 
side, after which she recovered so much as to be able to do some 
gentle work; and I heard no more of her until April the 26th, 
when, to my surprise, I was informed that she was unwell, and 
had not improved in condition, notwithstanding good keep, since 
her previous illness. On my visit, I found her in a field, lying- 
on the oft' side, with her legs stretched out, frequently raising her 
head and looking towards her near side; her coat standing on 
end, and feeling unhealthy; eyes shrunk in the orbit; mouth 
rather diy and very pale; membrane of the nose of the same hue; 
pulse 52; dejection of countenance; disinclination to move; with 
considerable rumbling noise of the intestines. On passing my 
hand, with considerable pressure, along the parietes of the abdo¬ 
men, anteriorly and laterally, to the umbilicus, it caused her to 
