American Veterinary Review, 
JANUARY, 1880. 
ORIGINAL ARTICLES. 
POST-MUSCULAR TRACHEAL ABSCESS, UNSUC¬ 
CESSFUL TRACHEOTOMY, DEATH. 
By W. J. Coaxes, D.V.S. 
On the 31st of May, 1879, a grey mare belonging to a coal 
merchant of this city was brought to the Hospital of the American 
Veterinary College, suffering with acute laryngitis of three days 
standing. When admitted, the respiration was exceedingly diffi¬ 
cult and so labored, that, fearing suffocation and while the animal 
was threatening to fall, the operation of tracheotomy was per¬ 
formed by a longitudinal division of three of the rings of the 
trachea. The mare recovered, resumed her work about two weeks 
afterwards, and kept it up until the middle of November, when 
she was brought back to the college. 
She had refused her food the evening before, but having eaten 
her breakfast that morning, she was put to work. She had gone 
but a short distance when she was taken with difficulty of respir¬ 
ation and was at once sent up for treatment. 
On admission, she was covered with cold perspiration, her 
visible mucous membranes were bluish, her pulse could not be 
