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whole surface of the body, and particularly on the course of the 
large lymphatic vessels; such as on the flat side of the thigh, 
the genital parts, and along the raphe, over the whole of the belly. 
These tumours resembled both in form and size farcy buds. I 
immediately abstracted a large quantity of blood, and repeated 
the bleeding two hours afterwards. I administered alternately 
antiphlogistic and slightly sudorific drinks (of infusion of elder 
flowers); strong clysters were also thrown up, and white water 
mixed with nitre was given for drink. I inserted two powerful 
setons in the chest. 
On the 24th, the respiration was rather easier, the pulse not 
so quick, and the cough had diminished. 
On the 25th, the animal was decidedly better; almost all the 
tumours were in a state of suppuration. 
The 26th and 27th, the symptoms were still more ameliorated. 
The 28th, the tumours were drying up. 
The 30th, they had all disappeared by a species of desquama¬ 
tion. The ox was quite restored to his natural state, except that 
there was a slight cough, which remained upon him from that 
that time until he was sold, which was two years after this ac¬ 
cident. 
As to the tumour on the cheek, from the moment of the erup¬ 
tion of the aforesaid buds, I had applied a thick layer of blister 
ointment; and it very quickly disappeared, and scarcely left any 
trace of its existence. I could not find any other cause to which 
I could attribute this sudden eruption; and I thought I could 
this time, with more certainty than before, accuse the mercurial 
ointment. 
CASE III. 
In 1818, one of my brother practitioners had under his care an 
ox, which had, on one of its fore extremities, a tumour of a 
similar nature to that which I have mentioned in my first case. 
He made use of the same remedies which I had been trying, and 
with as little success; but he obtained a result similar to that 
which followed my treatment of the ox in my first case. Uneasy 
as to the consequences of a treatment which began so inauspi- 
ciously, he came to consult me, and described the state of his 
patient. I thought that I could, without seeing the animal, and 
by only comparing him with the ox that I had the care of, ven¬ 
ture to say, that he would not save him. My prophecy was 
soon verified, for the animal died in a few days. 
I had, in the meantime, visited him, and was not long in 
perceiving that he had the same symptoms as my first patient. 
Like him, this animal had a serous diarrhcea, and the matter 
ejected was very fcetid. We examined him a few hours after death, 
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