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A CASE OF ABSCESS OF THE HEART. 
unless, indeed, he is so remiss as to omit desiring the neces¬ 
sary rest. 
I maintain, then, that the advice of a veterinarian, when he 
urgently asserts that though the lameness has ceased, the pa¬ 
tient should be, in proportion to the extent of the past mis¬ 
chief, turned into a large loose shed, for two, three, four, five, or 
six weeks, should unhesitatingly be followed. In incipient navi¬ 
cular or coffin lameness, the utmost of the time prescribed should 
be strictly adhered to; there they should remain at perfect rest, 
not even an examination should be permitted! Of what conse¬ 
quence is his losing his condition, or a few days enjoyment 
which he could afford ? Is this to be compared with the lasting 
benefit that must accrue from such an important observance ? 
By strictly adhering to this simple but most important part of 
the treatment, thousands of valuable horses will escape the pain 
and misery of long-continued lameness; the writhing agony of fir¬ 
ing and blistering, together with setoning , will be considerably 
abolished; and the pleasing satisfaction of having acted with 
humanity , with the more prominent darling of our heart's gain, 
will be your reward . 
A CASE OF ABSCESS OF THE HEART. 
By Mr, Richard Cortis, F. S., Shipton, 
During the spring of 1831, the disease termed strangles- 
was unusually prevalent in this neighbourhood: it was not, as is. 
commonly the case, confined chiefly to young horses, but those 
of all ages were attacked, and in its very acute form. I beg to 
send you a case which is, I think, fully corroborative of a valuable 
correspondent’s opinion (Mr. Castley’s, vide, vol. iii, page 428),. 
that what we call strangles may terminate in the formation of 
matter either on any part of the surface of the body, or among, 
the viscera of the abdomen, or, in short, any where.—A bay 
mare, six years old, belonging to Mr. Wood, of Craike, near 
Easingwold, was, in the month of February, attacked with symp¬ 
toms of strangles ; the usual means were resorted to: matter 
formed under the jaw; the abscess was opened, and the mare 
was soon so far recovered as to be thought able to do a little 
gentle work, when, on putting on the harness, she was observed 
to crouch down almost to the ground. This drew the attention of 
the owner to her back, when a slight enlargement was observed 
on the loin on the off side: this swelling increased to a large size. 
