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A CASE OF STRANGLES. 
13^/i.—Has continued down on the off side, at times violent, 
and striking out the near hind leg: setons in head and near side 
discharge well. Died about 10 a.m. 
I saw him opened next morning: the left lung was very large, 
hard, of a somewhat grey colour, or approaching to brown, and 
containing many small abscesses; the right lung was quite black, 
as were also the auricles of the heart, while the muscular sub¬ 
stance was very pale. The liver and spleen were much diseased; 
the brain discoloured by turgid veins, particularly the left side, 
at the anterior and inferior part of which there was a brown spot, 
under which was about one oz. of healthy-looking pus; and 
about the same part of the right side was a small spot, and a 
small quantity of pus. 
The above case, detailed, as well as I am able, from the short 
notes taken at the time, is one of the very many forms in which 
I have seen strangles terminate ; but as you and your readers 
will make remarks for yourselves, I shall only observe, that it 
was a very interesting case to me, from its shewing how serious 
an affection of the brain could come on, and exist for some days 
without being fatal; and how that affection influenced or re¬ 
strained the action of the heart and respiratory organs; that it 
destroyed the feeling and power of the vessels to secrete matter 
on the opposite side of the body, making it appear that the nerves 
of feeling are derived from the brain, and from the opposite side 
to that to which they are distributed. In conclusion, I would call 
your attention to the return of the paroxysm every twelve hours, 
and the striking out with the hind leg in the one case, and the 
inability to move it forward in the other. 
Had not the writing of the Veterinary Surgeon” been re¬ 
cognized, and that with compunctious visitings, by the individual 
whose initial is appended, these cases containing, and the se¬ 
cond of them particularly, much instructive matter, would not 
have been admitted ; for we must have no anonymous corre¬ 
spondents on any subject. Of the letter, dated many a month 
ago, the said individual will only say, that it ought to have been 
replied to, and that he begs pardon. Portions of the letter re¬ 
ceived a few days back, and which were truly of public concern, 
had been sent to the printer before this came to hand. As a 
public or “ private correspondent,” Mr.-’s communications 
will always be welcome ; although we do not quite coincide with 
our friend’s physiology, and most certainly not with his account 
of the origins of the sensitive nerves.—Y. 
