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quantity of nourishment was taken, but with great difficulty 
throughout. Repeated examinations of the pharnyx were made 
by means of the speculum ; no abscess discovered. Nasal dis¬ 
charge continued profuse and without odor. Blisters were tried 
without effect. 
All continued the same till January 5th, when solid food was 
again refused. I then made an examination and behind the soft 
palate discovered a swelling which I supposed to be a post-pharyn¬ 
geal abscess. 
Dr. Liautard, called in consultation, confirmed the diagnosis. 
He had also recognized the presence of a swelling pressing down¬ 
wards the posterior wall of the pharynx, but did not think the 
fluctuations sufficiently marked to justify opening with the knife. 
The post-mortem confirmed the wisdom of this, as it proved after¬ 
ward that surgical interference would, in all probability, have 
given only unsatisfactory results. 
The same treatment of warm poultices, fumigation, soothing 
electuaries and artificial feeding was continued. On Tuesday, 
the 8th, no nutrition was taken by the mouth; artificial feeding 
increased ; animal wasting rapidly. 
Friday, January 9th, the groom reported that the animal 
breathed heavily all night; pulse 100 and very weak. Died Sat¬ 
urday morning. 
Post-mortem .—But two important lesions were found: 1st. 
Slight congested spot on the lower third of the right lung, and 2d. 
The abscess in the head. The lower jaw having been removed, 
the lingual canal cleared of its contents, and the pharynx being 
opened, showed no signs of disease. The mucous membrane of 
the guttral pouches was depressed downwards towards the parti¬ 
tion wall of the pharynx and infiltrated. The muscles attached 
at the inferior face of the sphenoid and the perystaphyleus muscles 
were infiltrated. On the right side of the base of the cranium 
there was an abscess as large as a good-sized apple, situated in the 
condyloid fossa of that side of the head, filled up with a mass of 
hardened, blackish cretaceous suppurations. When the cavity 
was well washed of its contents the bones wpre found the seat of 
extensive caries, the condyloid fossa, the corresponding styloid 
