ENTERITIS, WITH ASCITES OF THE ABEOMEN. 525 
On the Sth of May I made my last visit, for the abscess was 
healed ; and, in the course of a fortnight, a small mark only 
was visible. 
I am inclined to believe that this was a case of strangles, tlie 
tumour and abscess forming in the cellular substance connected 
with the parotid gland, instead of that between the branches of 
the lower jaw. Mr. Burtt had two horses just recovered from 
strangles, when the tumour began to appear in this horse. 
ENTERITIS, WITH ASCITES OF THE ABDOMEN. 
JBy Mr Harry Daws, London. 
A BROWN gelding, eight years old, belonging to Messrs. Wim- 
bush, was attacked with enteritis in a very acute form on the 23d 
January 1836. He was treated by copious depletion, enemata, 
aperient and anodyne medicines, &c., as the symptoms required. 
He remained very uneasy for two days, his pulse being upwards 
of 130 beats in a minute, and his bowels had not acted during 
the whole time. As much as ten drachms of aloes had been 
given without producing any evacuation. The bowels, however, 
at last became relaxed, and it was feared that death would ensue 
from superpurgation ; but by the timely administration of as¬ 
tringents the case terminated in resolution, and the animal soon 
recovered his wonted health. 
On the Gth of March following I was again requested to 
attend the same patient. I found him labouring under an attack 
of gastritis : all remedial measures proved ineffectual, for he died 
in a few hours after the commencement of the attack. 
Upon an inspection of the carcass the following were the ap¬ 
pearances :— 
About ten gallons of turbid serum were effused in the cavity 
of the abdomen. The large intestines were very much collapsed, 
and adherent to the peritoneum near the curvature of the colon : 
the small intestines were also adherent to each other in several 
places. The stomach was highly inflamed, and a rupture of the 
villous portion had taken place (this I suspected in consequence 
of his vomiting before death), so that a considerable quantity of 
ingesta had escaped and insinuated itself between the folds of 
the omentum. The intestines generally w'ere very much thick¬ 
ened, and exhibited marks of previous inflammation having been 
carried on to a very great extent. 
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