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REPORTS OF CASES. 
parative rareness. A brown mare, ten years old, was brought 
to me with an enormous swelling on the right side of her neck, 
extending from the submaxillary space to the base of the ear, 
with the history that she had not eaten much for the last four 
months. She was terribly emaciated, pulse normal. In the 
centre of the swelling there was a soft spot about the size of a 
silver quarter, which I opened freely and allowed about a pint of 
thin fluid to escape, which had a very offensive odor. I inserted 
my finger in search of a foreign body of some kind but failed to 
find any. I dressed it with antiseptic solution and sent mare 
home, a distance of about four miles. I saw the owner in a few 
days ; he said the swelling had about all disappeared. On Sep¬ 
tember 8th the mare was brought back with quite a swelling 
of the parotid gland, the submaxillary glands somewhat en¬ 
larged. I felt a soft place near the angle of the jaw, and made 
a free incision, which brought out a large quantity of thin, foetid 
matter. 
I syringed the cavity with carbolic solution and then in¬ 
serted my finger and removed what seemed to me a petrified 
timothy head. The small end was turned upward with about 
one-half inch doubled back. In removing it it fell on the floor 
and broke in three pieces. I dressed the wound with carbolic 
acid, one part glycerine, one part linseed oil, eight parts to be 
injected once a day with a syringe. I saw the mare again 
October 2d. She made a good recovery; had taken on flesh 
very rapidly and was looking well. 
I have more faith now than ever in what Dr. Dunglison 
says—that calculi may form in every part of the animal’s body. 
With pleasure I send you the stony substance for your examina¬ 
tion. It is now in several pieces and has almost lost its foetid 
odor. 
[Our examination convinces us that the foreign body was a 
portion of a head of timothy, which acted as a nucleus for the 
deposit of salts of the parotid secretion, thus forming a sali¬ 
vary calculus. —Editor Review.] 
HIGH TEMPERATURE. 
By W. C. Han a waft, Sheffield. Ill. 
October 28, a Mr. Henry Smith, living four miles northeast 
of Sheffield, came into the village and called at my residence 
with a black mare, eight years old, which he led behind his 
road wagon. 
