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SEROUS ABSCESSES IN THE DOG. 
and I have only my ledger instead of a note-book to guide 
me, I trust you will not be hypercritical. 
Case 1. A heavy-built black-and-tan terrier, with a trace 
of bull blood, had always enjoyed the reputation of a bruiser, 
and was much feared by dogs in his immediate neigh¬ 
bourhood. 
Brought to me with a swelling on the left side of the 
neck, immediately below the ear, and extending some three 
inches down it. Finding it fluctuated on pressure, and had 
the usual appearance of such abscesses, I punctured it, and 
some five or six ounces of fluid escaped. The next day the 
opening was sealed up, and more fluid than before had been 
secreted. Fomented the punctured place, and with difficulty 
squeezed out contents. 
Third day.—Sealed up again, and accumulation as before. 
Now introduced a seton from the superior to the most de¬ 
pendent part, and dressed it from time to time with Cupri 
Sulph., gr. x; Ung. Besinse, 3ij. This treatment was con¬ 
tinued for nearly a week, and, as might be expected, the 
discharge became gradually transformed from serum to good 
healthy pus, and I then concluded that the sac was de¬ 
stroyed, and removed the seton. For two or three days fol¬ 
lowing pus continued to flow in decreasing quantities, and 
the tumour became rapidly smaller, so that at the end of 
three weeks no trace remained, and the dog completely re¬ 
covered. I should have said, that when first brought in, the 
skin bore the mark of a somewhat recent bite. 
Case 2.—A large yard-dog, of no particular breed, but 
very pugnacious disposition, had been “ doctored” for 
some time by “ a gentleman of the fancy,” who had feared 
to use any means of evacuating the tumour, the walls of 
which had become considerably thickened; and a question 
arose in my mind if a seton would now have the effect of 
disintegrating it. I, however, tried one, making my dress¬ 
ing rather more of an escharotic than the last named, and 
with the effect of having nearly removed the whole of it; it 
is, however, still under treatment. 
Case 3 .—A bull terrier, of about fifteen pounds weight, 
and described by his owner as “ the hero of a hundred 
fights,” was brought into my infirmary on July 28th last, 
having an enlargement immediately over the thyroids, and 
occupying all the throat from the submaxillary gland to 
about three inches down the neck. 
This tumour had been several times punctured by ama¬ 
teurs, and large quantities of serum had escaped. The 
owner traced this swelling to a particular fight about twelve 
