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free from enlargement, but was very painful. She carried her 
head hanging almost to the ground ; she was very dull; her pulse 
was quick and small; the conjunctiva was rather pale ; the buccal 
membrane pale and hot; respiration normal; auscultation also 
normal. 
Conjecturing that the trouble consisted of bruises and pressure 
upon the neck and its organs, received while the animal was try¬ 
ing to free herself from the halter during the night, and that it 
was a simple case of subcutaneous cellulitis of that whole region, 
local applications of vinegar and poultices of common chalk mixed 
with vinegar were prescribed, with a diet of soft mashes and grass. 
The condition remaining unchanged the next day, blistering of 
the swelling was resorted to, with apparently good effects. On 
the third and fourth day, signs of improvement seemed to be 
present to such an extent that the patient was almost considered 
to be in a state of recovery, when in the evening of the fourth day, 
another pressing call by telegram was received. The condition of 
the animal at this time was most pitiable. Her head was hanging 
to the ground, and the mouth and nostrils were covered with a 
dirty-white spumous liquid, of an offensive gangrenous odor, 
mixed with rejected food as it escaped. The enlargement had 
considerably increased; the respiration difficult; the head so 
swollen that the pulse could not be taken at the glosso-facial ar¬ 
tery ; the temperature reached 40°3 / ; the respiratory movement 
was increased, especially on the right side. And the poor animal 
was evidently hungry, though powerless either to drink or eat. 
Fracture either of the trachea or of the larynx was then sus¬ 
pected, and a fatal prognosis was announced. This was verified 
by the death of the animal, which took place on the second day 
following. At the post mortem, the inferior face of the oeso¬ 
phagus, at about 25 centimetres from its origin, was found to 
have suffered a laceration about two inches in length, running 
through the envelopes, the wounded region bearing an exceed¬ 
ingly ugly aspect. Masticated food was found packed in the 
oesophagus, from the pharynx to the cardia. The trachea was 
healthy, but above it and above the oesophagus, between them and 
the inferior face of the cervical vertebrse, and extending from 
