706 IRREGULAR STRANGLES. -PURPURA HAEMORRHAGIC A. 
■whose opinion perfectly accorded with mine, that the case 
was a hopeless one from the commencement, and that medical 
treatment could be of no avail. He considered the case 
would be interesting to the profession, more especially to 
the junior members thereof, affording them the means of 
making a correct diagnosis in the event of their being called 
in to treat a similar one, since our professional reputation 
greatly depends upon our correctly diagnosing diseases on 
which our prognostic opinion necessarily rests, thus tending 
very much to give our clients that confidence in us which is 
essential to our future success in practice. 
IRREGULAR STRANGLES.—PURPURA 
HEMORRHAGICA. 
By G. M. Marshall, Y.S., Dungannon, County Tyrone. 
Messrs. Editors, — I was looking over a few former 
volumes of the Veterinarian the other day, when I happened to 
see some cases of irregular strangles recorded by the late Pro¬ 
fessor Barlow, which brought to my mind similar cases that 
occurred in my practice. If you think a brief description of 
them worth a corner in your journal, it is at your service. I 
also send you three cases of purpura haemorrhagica, in 
which I adopted a course of treatment that I have not heard 
of before in such cases, and with success. I don’t mean to 
say, however, that others may not have used the same medicine 
in similar cases. 
Irregular Strangles. 
Feb., 1858.—A brown mare, four years old, the property 
of Mr. Weglaughlin, Myrtle Grove, was placed under treat¬ 
ment for strangles, having great tumefaction of the sub¬ 
maxillary glands, which were blistered and poulticed, and 
in due time, suppuration being established, the swelling was 
lanced, and it quickly subsided. 
10th.—A large swelling appears on the left shoulder, to 
which I ordered hot fomentations with woollen cloths to be 
applied; which was continued until the 17th, when I lanced 
it, and gave exit to a large quantity of pus. Subsequently I 
gave tonic medicine. Up to the 3rd March she gains very little 
flesh, but on that day a very large swelling makes its appear¬ 
ance over the loins and sacrum, inclining principally to the 
