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tion of Mr. Bryant, drew the edges of the external 
wound together by sutures (i. e. the abdominal walls were not in¬ 
cluded in the sutures.) An old sack was then secured over the 
part by a surcingle, and the animal turned loose to die. Incredi¬ 
ble as it may seem, with no other treatment whatever, she made 
a good recovery, and her owner states that she scarcely lost a 
meal. She now does her work regularly, and is sound and well, 
showing however a deep cicatrix in her off side which has a caved 
iu appearance, probably from the non-adhesion of the abdom¬ 
inal walls. 
The above are. the facts stated to me, and to which Dr. 
McGrew, whose address I gave, and a number more I could give 
if called upon, will certify. 
Respectfully, 
George Hatchett. 
ADENITIS, FOLLOWED BY LARYNGITIS AND RHEUMATISM. 
Mr. Editor : 
I send you a report of a case which came under my observa¬ 
tion this winter, thinking it might perhaps be of some benefit to 
my fellow graduates, should the same symptoms be shown in any 
of their patients. The patient, a bay mare, 15.3 hands, 8 years 
old, was affected in January with a slight attack of adenitis, of 
such a character as to be unnoticed by either owner or groom, 
until the abscess broke on the evening of February 15th. I was 
called to see the patient, her owner requesting my presence at 
once, he being of the opinion her patella was dislocated. On my 
arrival at the stable I found the animal standing, pulse 42, tem¬ 
perature 100 2-5, respiration normal, and the patient eating a 
bran mash. When moved she showed excessive lameness of the 
off hind leg, with a little swelling and pain on pressure, over the 
patella. 
The history I received was, that the patient had recently re¬ 
covered from strangles, which was very slight, and when going to 
feed she was lying down. On being spoken to somewhat sharply, 
she jumped up, and showed the symptoms related. 
