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the neck, some five inches behind the posterior border of the 
parotid gland, just above the jugular, about the size of a 
goose’s egg, and painless upon manipulation. This continued 
very much the same for about a fortnight, apparently caus¬ 
ing no inconvenience, when the swelling in the course of one 
night increased to three or four times its original size, caus¬ 
ing difficulty in breathing and total inability to swallow. 
In spite of everything that was tried the swelling rapidly 
extended in all directions (including the lips) with a very well 
defined border toward the mane and chest. There was no 
fever until within three days of his death, when the pressure 
on the blood vessels became so great as to obstruct the circu¬ 
lation on that side. At times there were severe fits of coughing 
followed by discharges of foul-smelling pus from near nostril. 
About twelve months ago an enlargement something sim¬ 
ilar to this appeared a little nearer the posterior border of the 
gland ; this gave rise to fits of coughing with simultaneous 
disappearance of the swelling, followed by a foul discharge 
from the same nostril. This slight enlargement appeared 
several times during the twelfth month with the same result. 
Post-mortem . — On the 18th of February the horse died, 
and I found on opening this tumor that it contained impacted 
food, oats and bran, about a pound in weight, enclosed in a 
dilated end of a tube. This tube was about four inches long 
before reaching the dilated end with the mass of food, and 
macroscopically identical with the oesophagus, which was at 
its side to the right. Their respective openings into the phar¬ 
ynx were side by side, the only difference between them was 
that the superfluous opening was a shade smaller.— Vet. Rec. 
TRAUMATIC CARDIAC DISEASE. 
By Eaton Jones, M.R.C.Y.S., Liverpool. 
A short time ago a draught mare was brought to our yard 
having just received a wound which pierced the pectoral 
muscles for some depth, and caused by collision with the 
shaft of a trap. The wound at the time did not appear dan¬ 
gerous at all, and for a week did not affect the mare, who did 
