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attack of strangles, but of a very mild character; the sub¬ 
maxillary abscess forming and breaking in the ordinary way. 
To-day, finding her lame and stiff in her hind legs, the 
owner sought my opinion. The symptoms that presented 
themselves, and the subsequent progress of the case, w'ere so 
similar to those ^described by me in the former case, that a 
recapitulation is altogether needless. The only difference in 
the two cases was that, in the animal now under treatment, 
the disease assumed a far more virulent form from the first; 
the swelling, both in the hind and fore limbs, was enormous, 
and the head, w'hich was subsequently attacked, was enlarged 
from the root of the ears to the lips, so much so at last as to 
make me hesitate whether or not to perform tracheotomy. 
We had also here to contend against loss of appetite from the 
commencement. 
The treatment was likewise precisely similar to that in the 
former case, uniting, however, wuth the medicines given, port 
wine and brandy, as typhoid symptoms began to show them¬ 
selves in a very early stage. 
On the eighth day after the attack the violence of the 
disease seemed to give way, and the swellings to gradually 
subside. Extensive sloughing of the skin, both of the lips, 
the hind legs, and the heels, began now to take place, leaving 
large ulcers of an unhealthy character, and emitting a most 
offensive odour. These were treated with the diluted sol. of 
zinci chlorid. The mare was sufhcientlv recovered to be 
turned out about the twenty-first day, requiring, however, 
careful attention as to diet and management for a much 
longer period. 
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By J. Barnett, Student of Veterinary Medicine, Market 
Dravton. 
Seeing a discussion in your columns respecting the time 
an animal might live after a rupture of the intestines had 
taken place, I am induced to send you an account of the 
following case. On April 9th I was requested to attend a 
bay cart-horse, four years old. I found him suffering from 
abdominal pain, which passed off after the administration of 
a draught consisting of— 
01. Tereb., 
Tiuct. Opii, et 
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