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possess a certain degree of concentration, or else there should 
be a certain amount of predisposition on the part of the indi- 
vidual to be contaminated. — Oesterreich Viertelj ., i, 1869. 
TORSION OF THE UTERUS. 
Obig relates three cases of torsion of the uterus in which 
he had recourse to the incision of the abdominal parietes, to 
replace the organ. In two cases the operation was attended 
with complete success ; in the third, the uterus was of an 
extraordinary size and weight, and the replacing could not on 
that account be effected. Obig proposes in future to facili- 
tate this operation by means of a cord made in the shape of 
a handle to raise the organ with. 
Heichlinger also reports a case of torsion of the uterus, 
operated successfully in the same way, only the cow thus 
operated on died of gangrene of the uterus. — Wockensckrift 
Tkierheilk. 
POISONING BY NITRATE OF SODA. 
Lies, of Brunswick, was called to attend three cows, to 
which had been given by mistake 432 grammes of nitrate of 
soda instead of the sulphate. 
The animals were agitated ; there was trembling, expulsion 
of intestinal gas, abundant ptyalism ; the animals fell down, 
and suddenly got up, to fall down and get up again; the tongue 
hung out of the mouth, the eyes were turned in the orbits. 
On the autopsy the three first stomachs were found full of 
mjesta, which had undergone hardly any modification by the 
gastric juice. The epithelium had lost its adherence, the 
mucous membrane was congested and ecchymosed, more par- 
ticularly at the borders of the reti of the reticulum. The 
fourth stomach and the small intestines were of a cherry-red 
colour; the stomach contained a dirty-brown liquid. Chemi- 
cal analysis showed the presence of nitrate of soda in the 
contents of the viscera. — Wockensckrift Tkierheilk. 
POISONING OF SEVEN ANIMALS (BOVINE) BY A SOLUTION 
OF TWELVE KILOGRAMMES OF CHLORIDE OF SODIUM, 
GIVEN IN A MISTAKE IK STEAD OF THE USUAL WATER 
TO DRINK. 
The same evening three cows and two heifers were 
ill ; they presented the following symptoms : — Decubitus, 
agitation, loss of appetite, suspended rumination and thirst, 
slight increase of pulse, alvine evacuations normal. The next 
day the two heifers remained constantly in the recumbent 
position, with the legs extended and the head thrown back, 
foaming at the mouth, the body was cold, moaning, moderate 
tympanitis; they were unable to get up; the evacuations 
