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Treatment: Oleum lini, § ii; tr. opii, 3 i, every two hours, 
tr. opii, succeeded by tr. belladonna. 
July 30th.—No change in his condition. 
July 31 st. —Would try to swallow water which returned 
through nostrils and mouth. 
August 1st—No change except weaker. 
August 2nd.—Died at 4 A.M. 
Post-mortem .—On exposing the oesophagus about nine 
inches anterior to the stomach there was found a large disten¬ 
tion, the surrounding parts very much swollen and softened 
from the intense inflammation. An opening being made in the 
oesophagus the obstruction was found to consist of dry, thor¬ 
oughly masticated salt hay, as large as a man’s two fists ; so dry 
that it would crumble when broken. The oesophagus behind 
the obstruction was very much constricted. The stomach and 
intestinal tract were entirely empty. 
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COMMINUTED FRACTURE OF THE LEFT BRANCH OF THE LOWER 
MAXILLARY—PURULENT INFECTION—DEATH. 
By Mr. Debrade. 
This interesting report relates to a mare about eleven 
years old, which had developed a small fistulous tract on the 
left cheek, a little below the temporo-maxillary joint, the con¬ 
sequence of a kick received from another horse. Her condi¬ 
tion was peculiar; she was much emaciated; the muscles of 
the left cheek considerably atrophied; mastication impossi¬ 
ble ; prehension of the food very difficult; the saliva escaping 
from the mouth bloody. The fistula discharged a whitish- 
yellow pus, apparently mixed with synovia, and the probe 
indicated a fracture of the upper extremity of the left branch 
of the maxillary, immediately below the condyle and the 
coronoid process, possibly complicated with arthritis. The 
author operated for this injury, after casting, by making a 
large T shaped incision to remove as many as possible of the 
loose fragments of bone which were present. With the ap- 
