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A SUCCESSFUL CASE OF LARYNGITIS. 
perly, I conceive, in all cases where there is a discharge from mu¬ 
cous membranes,—and other means resorted to by the proprietor; 
but the animal daily getting worse, he was sent to my establishment, 
for me to do what I thought proper with him, and return him. 
There being great enlargement of the parotid glands, difficulty in 
swallowing, and a loud laryngeal sound in respiration, I passed two 
broad and long setons, one over each enlargement, and gave an 
ointment composed of 
Hyd. Potass. jvij 
Iodine. jiij 
Lard... Jriij 
a portion of which was ordered to be rubbed in twice a-day, ten 
minutes each time. His diet was confined to slop-mashes, and he 
was ordered to be kept in a loose box well ventilated, and his throat 
gargled thrice a-day with vinegar, water, and honey. 
On Saturday last the proprietor called on me to say that he was 
so much worse that he was determined to shoot him. He could 
eat nothing for some days, and the noise he made could be heard 
the length of a large field into which he had turned him to die. I 
begged of him not to shoot him, but would send my servant for him 
the next morning, if he would let me have him for experiment; to 
which he cheerfully agreed. 
My man was four hours bringing him three miles, and, when he 
arrived, he fell in the box from exhaustion. 
I found that no time was to be lost, and directly performed 
the operation of tracheotomy, from Tvhich he obtained immediate 
relief. I then inserted a tube, as recommended by my fellow-colle¬ 
gian Mr. Percivall; and being determined to put the merit of the hyd. 
potass, to the test, I commenced by giving thirty grains of this most 
useful drug in half-a-pint of thick mucilage of linseed twice a-day. 
The following ointment was also ordered to be rubbed into the glands 
morning and evening for a quarter of an hour each time :— 
Hydriodate Potass. 3vij 
Iodine. 3 iij 
Lard. 
His diet consisted of slop-mashes of ground barley and bran, and 
a little cut soil. His box was well ventilated. 
April ^th .—A profuse discharge from the nostrils, mouth, and 
tube. He feeds well; lies down; is cheerful; the faeces are pul- 
taceous and healthy, and there is every appearance of a speedy 
recovery. 
The enlargements on both glands are nearly reduced to their or¬ 
dinary size; and there is not the slightest oppression or noise from 
his nostrils. 
