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reveals the presence of calcareous salts to a minor degree in the 
capsule. 
The capsules do not always present the same form to the eye 
of the observer. Sometimes they are well elongated, while at 
others they are more round, the extremities at both ends of the 
capsule being almost entirely wanting. Their average diameters 
may be said to be 0.4 mim. in length and 0.26 mini, in breadth. 
They not unfrequently contain two, and sometimes three para¬ 
sites. 
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A LARGE JABOT. 
By J. Ed. McNicol, D.V. S. 
New York, November 28, 1881. 
On Sunday, the 20th inst., I was called to look at a peculiar 
case. The subject was a dun-colored gelding, 16 years old, 151- 
hands high. lie had the following history : Since the epizootic 
of 1872 he has had some difficulty in swallowing. When he took 
a couple of mouthfuls of water he was obliged to raise his head 
to swallow it, and seemed to have considerable difficulty in doing 
so. Still, he went on pretty well until the 7th of last July, when 
he was taken with vomiting of saliva and water, and remained in 
that condition for some little time, but finally getting to work 
again on the 9th of September, though never doing very well, 
and evidently not in a thriving condition. 
On Thursday, November 17th, he was again taken with vomit¬ 
ing. At that time the upper part of the neck was very much 
depressed, and, after a great deal of straining, he would cough up 
and eject a couple of quarts of saliva and water. 
I saw him on the following Sunday. He was then slobbering 
a great deal; his pulse and temperature were normal, and the 
respiration 18 ; a large swelling existed on the left side of the 
• trachea, extending down about 12 inches, when it apparently 
ended; but below this, and on the right side, there was also a 
swelling, continuous with the first, and extending from 8 to 10 
