5:24 TUMOUR IN THE REGION OF THE PAROTID GLAND. 
there are phenomena produced which differ much in the different 
species of animal on which we operate. For example :—in the 
dog we have a loss of voice—in the ass it is only partial—while 
in the horse death itself is produced by asphyxia. This animal 
sometimes dies in the short space of three minutes after the ope¬ 
ration, and sometimes not before the expiration of as many 
hours. If, after having divided one recurrent nerve of a horse, 
we allow some months to pass before we destroy him, we 
shall find that all the laryngeal dilators of the side on which 
we experiment will be so atrophied as to be scarcely recogni¬ 
zable.” 
A SINGULAR TUMOUR IN THE REGION OF THE 
PAROTID GLAND. 
Hj/ Mr. S. W. Jeffery, Blandford. 
April Qth, 1838, I was called upon to attend a cart-horse, 
four years old, the property of Mr. S. Burtt, of Gussage, hav¬ 
ing an abscess on tlie side of and connected with the parotid 
gland on the off-side. I found it to be of immense size, and 
ready to burst. I lanced it, and more than a pint of pus escaped ; 
after which I was obliged to remove a large portion of morbid 
integument. I ordered him some corn, and soon perceived the 
saliva oozing from the abscess, which led me to infer that the 
sloughing had extended to and had opened the parotid duct. 
From the immense size of the abscess, and the state of the parts, 
I thought there was but slight chance of recovery; in fact, I 
wished the owner to have the horse destroyed : however, we 
thought that we would give the animal a chance, and I dressed 
the wound with a pledget of tow soaked in digestive liniment, 
composed of equal parts of oil of turpentine, and linseed oil. 
— Pulse forty. The abscess looked somewhat cleaner, but 
the saliva had soaked through the linen cloth that had been put 
over the dressing. I cleansed the wound with tow, and applied the 
red-hot iron to the outlets from the parotid gland, from which, 
on giving the horse a little corn, I could now see the saliva 
escaping. I then dressed it with a lotion, composed of one part 
of nitric acid and twelve of water. 
Wth .— I again used the iron, and dressed the w’ound as before. 
13M.—The iron was no longer required, but the digestive lini¬ 
ment was continued. After this the wound was regularly dressed 
by the smith with the lotion and liniment alternately; I merely 
calling occasionally. 
