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examination. Knowing the tendency to suppuration in 
these cases, I came to a conclusion that abscess existed in 
the brain, or some part of the glandular system. There 
being a very heavy storm on the 16 th of July, and several 
horses killed from the effects of the lightning, my employer 
feels quite certain this animal died from the same. We all 
know how hard it is to divest the mind of an early impres¬ 
sion. If you would give your opinion of the case in your 
next Journal, I should feel very much obliged. 
Tost-mortem examination. —On laying open the cavity of the 
abdomen the liver was enlarged; on cutting through the 
left kidney an abscess was discovered, containing about six 
ounces of pus in its medullary structure. On exposing the 
diaphragm I found there was an abscess, containing about 
half a pint of thick pus in its muscular portion. The contents 
of the thorax appear to have a pallid appearance, though in 
other respects were healthy. The man, after taking off the 
two fore limbs, called my attention to a small quantity of 
pus in the dorsal muscles. On examining the heart I found 
there was a small sinus, where the pus had found its way 
out between the fourth and fifth dorsal vertebrae. With the 
assistance of a chisel and saw, I found an abscess on the 
medulla spinalis, containing about an ounce of pus. 
I remain, yours truly. 
Bridge Street, Cambridge. 
*** This was a case of what the late Mr. John Field aptly 
called “ Irregular Strangles.” In his Posthumous Records a 
similar case is related. And we have now, in our record of 
sick, another case of the same kind.— Ed. Vet. 
PERITONITIS AND ASCITES, WITH ENLARGEMENT OF 
THE SPLEEN. 
By George Lewis, Monmouth. 
Dear Sir, —Should you deem the following case worthy 
of insertion in your Journal, it is at your service. 
On the 15th ult. I was requested to attend a remarkably 
fine two-year old cart-colt, the property of a gentleman near 
this town. Upon my arrival I found the animal in great pain, 
as if suffering from spasmodic colic; but the pulse denoted 
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