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part of the shoulder and the thorax. The appearance of the 
animal denoted great anxiety. The head was protruded; 
the respiration frequent and difficult; and the general indi¬ 
cations of febrile action being severe. It was apparent that he 
had to deal with a rupture of the oesophagus, associated with 
the introduction of alimentary substances, both solid and 
liquid, into the cellular tissue. The emphysema was to be 
attributed to the gases which had become disengaged in the 
rumen. 
The treatment consisted in scarifications of the emphyse¬ 
matous parts, accompanied by pressure, for the purpose of 
expelling the gas. Frictions with the liniment of ammonia 
were likewise had recourse to, and other remedial means, 
both local and constitutional, adopted; but, notwithstanding 
all the care which the animal received, she died on the 
twenty-seventh day succeeding the injury, in a state of 
marasmus. 
The post-mortem examination presented the following 
lesions. There was a rent in the oesophagus, irregular in 
shape, and having very ragged edges. The muscular tissue 
was of a reddish brown hue, and the mucous lining of the 
tube, to some extent, both above and below the opening, was 
of a dark red colour. Opposite the laceration a cavity 
existed, which was filled to repletion with alimentary matter 
mixed with mucus, and which exhaled an offensive putrid 
smell. The tissues immediately surrounding the sac were 
also of a yellow brown colour, and emitted a similar odour 
to that of the contents of the cavity. Beyond this, however, 
the gangrenous condition had not extended, although the 
parts were discoloured. The heart was flabby, but the blood 
presented no alteration, excepting that the coagulum was 
less solid than natural. 
INFLAMMATION OF THE LYMPHATIC GANGLIA AND 
VESSELS ON THE INSIDE OF THE THIGH. 
This malady is of frequent occurrence amongst heavy 
draught horses, and many cases of it have been treated dur¬ 
ing the last quarter. The patients were, generally, adult 
animals, and either of a lymphatic or lymphatico-san- 
guineous temperament. No traces of external injury could 
be perceived in the affected parts. 
