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cured in from two to four weeks, it was tried against osteosarcomata and 
some other localizations of the disease. The results were favorable in 
almost all cases, and healing often rapid (Furthmeyer, Bass, Nocard, God- 
bille, Salmon, Engel Iterson, Soucail). ‘Thomassen administered daily one 
dose of 6 grams of the iodide in half a bettle of water; as soon as 
signs of iodism—epidermic pellicles, flowing of tears, coryza, diarrhcea— 
appeared, he lowered the dose to 4 or 5 grams. 
At the onset of the disease, large doses of iodide (10 to 15 grams 
daily) must be given. Often, as remarks Nocard, the advantageous effects 
of the treatment are not manifest until the signs of iodism are present. 
Although local treatment is not indispensable, it is useful in the greater 
number of cases of external actinomycosis. For “ wooden tongue,” Furth- 
meyer advises painting the diseased organ with tincture of iodine; 
others inject the same liquid into the fistula of the osteosarcoma. In 
parotid actinomycosis, the ointment of iodide of potassium has proved 
advantageous. 
In general, with the iodide and the local treatment, improvement is soon 
manifest; the swelling diminishes, fistule dry up, and after a few week, 
recovery is complete. There are some localizations, however, that remain 
obstinate (Salmon). With man, Poncet failed in a case of pulmonary 
actinomycosis. Several other surgeons have also reported failures. 
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BOTRYOMYCOSIS. 
Among the tumors of horses classed among fibromee, there aresome 
that are cf a parasitic nature, determined by a fungus that Rivolta has 
named discomyces equi, that Rabe called mdcrococcus botriogenus, and 
Johne micrococcus ascoformans. This parasite—the dotryomycis or botryo- 
mycete—is the agent of a portion of the /wnzculites,which give rise to com- 
plications in the castration of solipeds ; but its field of action is not limited 
to the spermatic cord: it has been seen in numerous indurations produced 
by the harness, in many of the tumors of the skin and of the connective 
tissue, in sub-maxillary adenitis and other lesions developed in many other 
organs. Bollinger, Steiner, and Thomassen have found it in sclerotic 
and purulent parts of the lungs ; Sand and Moller, in indurations of the 
udder ; Jensen, in a tumor of the fetlock; Kitt, in one of the tail and in 
a bony lesion ; Rabe, in a tumor ofthe back. We have frequently seen it 
in various regions, in chronic inflammatory neoformations of the skin and 
subcutaneous tissues, sometimes also in old fistula, without strong indura- 
tions of the surrounding tissues. Itis extremely rare in cattle (Csokor) and 
swine (Wilbrandt) and is not reported as found in other species, 
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