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ACUTE ANASARCOUS DISEASE. 
passage until I bad introduced it to within a few inches of its 
whole lengthy when I felt a slight impediment, but by gentle 
pressure I soon overcame it. I then gave her a little more 
water, but with the same result, and she died within half an 
hour afterwards. 
Post-mortem appearances .—Just at the termination of the 
oesophagus, 1 found an enlargement to exist the size of a 
large orange; and on passing the probang down, ascertained 
that with a little pressure 1 could get beyond it. I then cut 
down on this enlargement, and found, to my surprise, that 
it was an abscess, situated between the muscular and cuticu- 
lar coats of the tube, containing about half a pint of purulent 
matter. Considerable thickening also existed for several 
inches up the oesophagus. 
On opening the stomach at its cardiac orifice, there was 
the largest number of bots I ever saw in a horse’s stomach. 
They were located within half an inch of the abscess, and 
all the surrounding parts were considerably inflamed. I also 
found some forty to fifty bots in the duodenum. 
ACUTE ANASARCOUS DISEASE, CALLED BY THE 
NATIVES OE INDIA ZURBARD ; AND THE 
BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF THE IODIDE OF 
IRON. 
By 1). J. Hinge, M.R.C.V.S., and V.S. Royal Artillery. 
The singularity of the undermentioned case has induced 
me to place it on record, particularly as it occurred in another 
country—India, where our resources, in a great measure, 
depend upon ourselves. 
In April, 1858, during our march from Vauxstomb to 
Baroda, in the suburbs of the city of Surat, where we were 
detained seven days in disarming the rebels, my attention 
was called to a valuable gray horse, seven years old, of a 
strong constitution, that was attacked with what the natives 
term zurbard. 
Symptoms .—The whole of the under surface of the abdomen 
is very much swollen; great heat of the skin exists, accom¬ 
panied with pain ; on the application of pressure, there was 
no indentation left, the parts being almost as hard as a piece 
of oak; the pulse is 120 in the minute; the respiration very 
much accelerated; and the general appearance of the animal 
