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gealed matter floating in the fluid contained in the chest. It was 
a strange, almost incredible, sight. Could her last attack have 
brought about all this, from July 24 up to August 11th 1 Although 
the mare was constantl}' in the neighbourhood, I never particularly 
noticed her till July; and then I did not suppose ought of this: 
yet I was satisfied her complaint was in the chest. 
In yo\iT comments on Mr. Darby’s account, some cases of wast¬ 
ing away of the lungs, &c., are recorded, and regarded as most 
unusual occurrences. Probably some of the readers of your Journal 
may have observed similar cases. I am sorry that the case of this 
mare has not fallen to abler hands than myself, so as to be satis¬ 
factorily explained. 
STRANGLES, THE CONSEQUENCE OF MORBID NA¬ 
SAL SECRETION AND PRODUCE OF DISEASE IN 
THE MESENTERIC GLANDS. 
By Mr. SAMUEL BROWN, V.S. Melton Mowbray. 
As an inflammation of the pituitary membrane is usually the pre¬ 
cursor of the local tumour and abscess called strangles, we may 
regard the tumefaction and abscess as the effect of a morbid nasal 
secretion; as cases of catarrh are met with in practice, in which 
the sublingual glands have become tumefied and painful to the 
animal when touched, yet these tumefactions occasionally subside 
if early and proper remedial measures are adopted, when the nasal 
secretion assumes its healthy character. But when the inflamma¬ 
tion of the mucous membrane lining the respiratory passage and 
mouth assumes a higher degree of inflammatory action, the secre¬ 
tion becomes viscid, acrimonious, and purulent, which is evidently 
taken up by the absorbents, as they become corded on the sides of 
the face, where abscesses are frequently formed, when the cellular 
tissue between the angles of the jaws is so much tumefied as to 
retard this morbid fluid in those vessels. The probability is, that 
this morbid secretion is conveyed through the absorbent vessels 
into the circulating fluid, and the local tumour and abscess, which 
we regard as the sequelae of strangles, may supervene as a neces¬ 
sary consequence of the animal oeconomy. 
When the abscess is confined to the external cellular tissue, 
there is but little danger of the animal’s recovery, as the requisite 
treatment consists in opening the abscess, giving vegetable tonics, 
and supporting the patient with a liberal and nutritious diet. But 
it sometimes occurs, that the abscess is deep seated in the cellular 
membrane between the spine and tlie nesophagus, about the fifth or 
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