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REPORTS OF CASES. 
A CASE OF BRONCHOCELE. 
By James Albright, Y.S. 
History .—Roan mare about 14 years old brought to me for 
treatment. On examination of animal, found her to be affected 
very badly with enlargement of the glands ; the right gland just 
about a quarter as badly affected as the left. The gland on the 
left side of the trachea very badly affected, so as to interfere with 
the animal’s respiration when she was made- to trot or go faster 
than a walk. Gave her the usual remedies, both internal and 
external, but the medicine did not seem to have any effect on the 
diseased gland whatever. After following the treatment a proper 
length of time to remove or check the disease (which it failed 
to do, the gland steadily growing and getting so large as to inter¬ 
fere with the animal’s respiration at all times, whether at work 
or not), the only alternative for me to remove this was to extir¬ 
pate the gland. We advised the owner of all the dangers attend¬ 
ing the same, and with his consent to let me operate on the ani¬ 
mal, it was prepared for operation. At the time of taking the 
gland out the animal was very docile. We did not use much 
restraint. We let the animal stand up and inhale chloroform 
until its effects were noticed on the system. Then an incision 
was made over the middle of the growth the entire length of the 
gland, about live inches. The incision was made through the 
muscles, the cellular tissue being separated with thumb and index 
linger, so as not to cut the veins and arteries. After the cellular 
tissue was divided, the gland was exposed to the eye. It was 
then firmly grasped with the hand and taken out. The gland 
was about five inches long by three wide. The edges of the 
wound were brought together with sutures, and the wound was 
dressed three times a day with the following solution: Carbolic 
acid, %i; t r * aloes, § 11 ; sp. camphor, 3 ss; aqua, Qn. The 
animal did exceedingly well; she never missed a meal during the 
treatment. The scar that is left cannot be noticed, except by 
feeling. The formula used is my own, as far as I know of. I 
tested it this winter on three cases that were very badly hurt, and 
they did well in the coldest weather we had. 
