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by padding to prevent excoriations, and behind to the 
median ring of a tightly drawn girth ; the elastic tube when 
applied to the convex side of the neck and moderately 
stretched, "was passed six times from the head to the girth. 
It 'well performed the function which M. Bouley had briefly 
expressed ; it w r as a true “ lateral cervical ligament,” straight¬ 
ening the neck when the muscles of the right side did not 
contract, permitting flexion when they did contract, acting 
gently but in a perfect manner against the force, whether 
contractile or mechanical, which drew the head to the right. 
Every day I increased the tension of my artificial ligament, 
and every day I noted improvement. On the tenth day I 
could remove the appliance ; the deviation had completely 
disappeared, the head had resumed its normal position, and 
the animal had regained full liberty of movement in every 
direction. 
A CASE OF IRREGULAR STRANGLES. 
By the Same. 
The following case presents some interesting features, 
especially with regard to the morbid lesions found on post¬ 
mortem examination, which seem to me to add another link 
to the chain of evidence as to the true pathology of this 
variety of toxsemia. 
The patient w r as a bay mare, five years old, who joined a 
cavalry regiment as a remount in the autumn of 1874, and 
w r as, shortly afterwards, admitted into the infirmary suffer¬ 
ing from an attack of strangles. The submaxillary abscess 
did not discharge very freely, but the wound through which 
the pus was evacuated very quickly healed. She remained 
under observation for some time after this, and became daily 
poorer and poorer, until she was reduced apparently to the 
last stage of debility, when she manifested signs of cerebral 
disorder, as staggering and walking round her loose box con¬ 
tinually in one direction. These symptoms were considered 
the result of weakness, and stimulating tonic doses were 
administered. She recovered under this treatment, but shortly 
afterwards had several attacks, of which sometimes the abdo¬ 
minal, sometimes the thoracic viscera, seemed to be the main 
seats. Having survived these she seemed to have recovered 
her natural spirits, and was daily turned out to grass, being 
brought into the stable at night. 
