American Veterinary Review, 
JUNE, 1877 . 
ORIGINAL ARTICLES. 
PYOGENIC CELLULITIS. 
By E. Mink, V. S., Rochester, N. Y. 
-- 
On May 4th, 1875, I was called to see a fine bay gelding, five years 
old, one of a valuable pair owned by P. I. Thomas, Esq., of Rose, 
Wayne Co., N. Y., forty-eight miles distant from this city. 
On arriving there, 1 found that a number of horses and colts owned 
by Mr. Thomas, and kept on the same premises, had suffered, and^ome 
still were suffering from pyogenic fever (strangles). And this one was 
also a victim, as was clearly manifested by the usual swelling in the sub- 
maxillary region, and in addition to this, his off fore limb was the seat 
of diffuse inflammation and suppuration. 
In the absence of strangles, 1 would have diagnosed this affection 
of the limb as phlegmonous erysipelas or erysipelatous cellulitis. Per¬ 
haps one or the other of these terms would be more proper than pyo¬ 
genic cellulitis ; yet this seems to me, under all the conditions then 
existing, a more appropriate name than either of the others for this 
local affection. 
For two or three weeks prior to this attack and up to it, he was 
troubled with cracked heels of this limb. 1 regard the diseased condi¬ 
tion of the heels as the cause that determined pyogenic action to this 
limb. 
The probability is that in the absence of cracked heels, the specific 
disease would have run its regular course, and suppuration would have 
been confined to an abscess or abscesses in the submaxillary region and 
terminated favorably. 
