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STRANGULATED HERNIA, ETC. 
It was dark, and by the light of a lantern I could not well 
diagnose, but I observed that the flow of blood was con - 
tinuous , and arterial. There was no coughing or sputa, it 
could not therefore be haemoptysis, and 1 therefore pro¬ 
nounced the possibility of its being epistaxis. I suggested 
the continuance of the plug, with the application of the 
compound tincture of benzoin if found necessary, and the 
cold douche to be continued throughout the night; with 
other necessary instructions, in case more emergent symptoms 
should supervene. (I would remark here, how much easier such 
remedial measures are in the human surgeon’s practice than in 
ours, owing to conformation, and the extent of surface in our 
patient.) At two o’clock a.m. the bleeding ceased. I saw 
the animal again, in consultation, early the following morning, 
and found him feeding. I could detect no submaxillary 
tumefaction, nor any discharge from the nostril. I could 
perceive nothing but clotted blood on the Schneiderian mem¬ 
brane, and was consequently puzzled to diagnose glanders. 
However, I was assured in consultation, that the animal, for 
some time previous, had every indication of glanders, and we 
came to the conclusion that it would be better, as soon as the 
animal could bear a journey, he should be removed, and a 
tonic course resorted to. It was evident that congestion of 
the superficial arterial vessels of the lining membrane had 
taken place, to the discharge of their contents over the 
surface, and thus the arterial haemorrhage. At any rate, 
this was my opinion, and I clung to the idea of epistaxis. 
The owner of the horse sent the animal away to another, 
and just then, more salubrious and fertile station, and he 
came under the treatment of another professional man, and 
I heard nothing further about the case till yesterday, when, 
on conversing with a professional friend here in the hills, and 
relating this case to him, he exclaimed, to my astonishment, 
ee I had this case under my charge.” I questioned him as to 
his opinion of the disease, and he said that he had expressed 
an opinion to the owner, that the disease was primarily 
epistaxis. He did not, however, furnish me with any treat¬ 
ment pursued by him, as he was then in a hurry, leaving 
the hills, but he told me that he had cured the case, and 
sent the animal away, but that unfortunately he got wet, and 
caught a violent cold, when the unfavorable symptoms 
returned in an aggravated form, and the owner, tired out 
with all this trouble and anxiety about the animal, had him 
shot. I must confess, however, I cannot quite reconcile the 
discharge from the nostril, said to have existed for some 
time previous to my being called in, in consultation, with 
