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ON THE RE-ABSORPTION OF PUS, 
CASE II. 
A hackney gelding, eleven or twelve years old. 
Inquiries .—This horse had been bled nearly three weeks be¬ 
fore. A few days afterwards, and, doubtless, in consequence of 
the part being rubbed against the manger, thrombus began to 
develope itself; and, notwithstanding proper measures were im¬ 
mediately adopted, it was impossible to disperse it. An abscess 
formed and burst spontaneously, and there ran from it pus hold¬ 
ing in suspension fibrous flocculi and remnants of the coat of the 
vein. Then the tumour gradually disappeared; but a fistulous 
opening remained, with its direction upwards to an extent of five 
or six inches. Soon afterwards a new tumour appeared between 
the point where the first had burst and the parotidean region, and 
the horse began to cough. These two circumstances decided the 
j>roprietor to send his horse to Alfort on the 9th of May. 
Hth .—The tumour in the neck begins to fluctuate. 
\7th .—It was punctured; the pus which escaped was lauda¬ 
ble, but a little thin. The cough continues. 
23c?.—The wounds suppurate well; but the pus that flows 
from the fistula, which now extends under the parotid gland, is 
grey, and very thin. 
2Ith.—Serous infiltrations under the form of large cords are 
seen along the course of the veins of the arm, the fore-arm, and 
the saphenas. QLdema appears on the posterior limbs and under 
the belly. The cough increases. 
2bth and 2Qth .—These enlarged cords now take upon them all 
the characters of farcy. A button, which appeared only a few 
hours before on the left hinder extremity, has broken, and a yel¬ 
low serous fluid escapes from it. A similar button has formed, 
and opened on the inside of the right thigh. New farcy cords 
develope themselves on the inside of the left fore-arm. 
July Is^.—Farcy buttons are numerous over the whole surface 
of the body. The cough continues. For some time the animal 
has lost its appetite, and is perceptibly getting thin. The wound 
occasioned by the opening of the tumour, and which before the 
appearance of the buttons was very much diminished, is now 
stationary: it is pale; and the pus that is discharged from it 
is thin, and small in quantity. 
bth .—A discharge from the nose has commenced. 
Qth .—A new abscess was opened, w'hich has appeared above the 
former one, and near the parotid gland. The pus that it con¬ 
tained was thin and grey: remnants of a vein are held in sus¬ 
pension ill this discharge. 
15M.—The discharge from the nose has increased. A sanious 
