A COMPLICATED CASE OF STRANGLES. 
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Should you deem this worth a place in your next number, 1 
shall feel gratified by its insertion, and remain, 
Tour’s faithfully, 
H. W. Dewhurst, Surgeon, 
Lecturer on Human, Veterinary, and Comparative 
Anatomy, &c. &c. &c. 
No. 45, Little Clarendon Street, 
Seymour Street, Easton Square, 
Feb. 5, 1829. 
A COMPLICATED CASE OF STRANGLES. 
By Mr. J. Tombs, Great Barrington. 
To the Editor of “ The Veterinarian .” 
Sir, 
I f you deem the enclosed case worthy a place in your interesting 
Journal, you will greatly oblige me by inserting it therein. 
I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 
John Tombs. 
ON the 5th of April, 1825, I visited a colt, the property of ^ 
neighbouring fanner. 
Symptoms. —Inflammation and swelling of the cellular tissue, 
between the angles of the posterior jaw (as in ordinary cases of 
strangles), and an abscess forming at the anterior part of the 
shoulder joint. Pulse oppressed ; respiration accelerated ; loss of 
appetite ; dullness; swallows with difficulty; turgescence of the 
vessels of the Schneiderian membrane; increased vascularity of 
the tunica conjunctiva; coughs frequently; a slight degree of cos¬ 
tiveness. Y.S. vjjj 1L.— R, aloes 3flj ; hyd. submur. 3fs. Warm 
fomentations of decoction of wormwood to the abscesses, and the 
throat stimulated with volatile liniment. Diet, bran mashes. 
7th. —Discharge of mucus from both nostrils; respiration labo¬ 
rious, and accompanied with a peculiar sound ; tumours much 
larger; costiveness relieved. R potassi. nit. 3fs in the water bis 
indies. Cont. fomentations. 
10/A.—T umoursburst; copious discharge of purulent matter from 
them and from the nostrils. Patient apparently in a state of con¬ 
valescence. Discontinue the applications to the throat; dress tu¬ 
mours with digestive ointment. R zingiber 3ij, onmi mane. 
12/ h .—Patient obviously worse; discharge from abscesses nearly 
suppressed ; pulse quick and feeble; eats little; seldom lies down; 
several minute abscesses are making their appearance about the 
face; the motion of the jaw very much impeded. R cort. Win- 
