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surrounded by cicatricial tissue; the bottom wound entirely 
healed; there is very little disfiguration of the digit; animal but 
slightly lame; discharged and ordered to be brought back 
occasionally to be dressed. 
There has been no similar condition recorded in English veteri¬ 
nary literature that I have been able to find. The symptoms pre¬ 
sented and the complications which ensued resemble the condition 
described in human surgery as paronychia of the variety that is 
seated in the subcutaneous alveolar tissue, which arises from no 
appeciable cause, runs an acute course, and has a tendency to sup¬ 
puration, gangrene and sloughing. 
The pain manifest and the appearance of the primary swelling 
in this case were identical with it, together with the reacting 
fever. 
PULMONARY APOPLEXY IN A DEER. 
This animal was sent from the Central Park to be examined, 
having suddenly died on the 7th inst. 
The chief lesions were found in the thoracic cavity. The ex¬ 
ternal surface of the lungs was dark colored, almost black. The 
pulmonary vessels were intensely congested, and some of the 
capillaries were ruptured, allowing an extravasation of blood 
into the parenchyma, and some of the other vessels were plugged 
with emboli. 
On section, the lung tissue presented dark colored vessels 
filled with tarry blood, while here and there interspersed through¬ 
out were dark patches of extravasation. 
The lungs were heavier than normal, sinking deeply in water, 
and were less crepitant to the touch than usual. 
The right auricle was engorged with dark colored blood, and 
the right ventricle and the large vessels also were filled with clotted 
blood. The left side of the heart was empty. 
Cause of Death .—Pulmonary apoplexy, induced by the ex¬ 
cessively warm weather of the two previous days. 
