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veterinary writers. It sometimes refers to those little knots or 
kernels that are left under the jaw when the tumour of strangles 
has subsided. They are distinguished from glanders, by their 
being larger than the kernels of that disease, and not adherent to 
the jaw, but situated towards the middle of the channel. The 
better way is to let them quite alone. If any thing is applied, 
it should be a very diluted turpentine tincture of cantharides. A 
slight irritation of the skin, kept up for some time, may rouse the 
absorbents to their duty, and cause the little tumours to dis¬ 
appear. 
Other writers, by the term vives , understand inflammation and 
enlargement of the parotid gland; but this is a salivary gland, 
and belongs to the system of digestion. 
STRANGLES IN THE OX. 
This disease is also recognized by the term strcingullion in 
in many districts. It is accompanied by fever, loss of appetite, 
impairment of strength, cough, and, after a while, swelling about 
the throat, seldom a very prominent one, but of a more diffuse 
kind, veiy hard and tender. In two or three days it points, but 
rather obscurely, and may then be opened ; it rarely breaks, for 
the skin of the ox is thick and tough ; but the long presence of 
the matter irritates the animal, and produces serious illness, and 
sometimes extensive sinuses. The emaciation of the animal, 
when the tumour continues long, or is improperly treated, is 
incredible. 
The treatment is the same as in the horse ; blister, and blister 
actively. Bleeding is somewhat oftener allowed, but should not 
be resorted to unless very considerable fever prevails. The dis¬ 
charge from the matter being longer retained, owing to the indis¬ 
tinct pointing or fluctuation, is oftener foetid and bloody than in the 
horSe.The chloride of lime will remove the fcetor, and the tincture 
of aloes will heal the wound. A physic drink (one pound of 
Epsom salts with half an ounce of ginger) will be useful, and 
the same tonics maybe administered if the debility be very great. 
SWELLINGS UNDER THE THROAT IN THE DOG. 
A phlegmonous tumour, precisely in the same situation, and 
accompanied by as much constitutional disturbance, with the 
exception of there being little or no cough, often appears in the 
dog. Comparing the size of the animals, these tumours are 
much larger in the dog than in either the horse or ox; but they 
run more up the face, and do not press so much upon the wind¬ 
pipe, nor do I recollect any apparent danger of suffocation from 
them ; but the whole head has been enlarged to a frightful 
