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accounts, in the human subject, inungations of this kind have 
been known, through absorption into the constitution, to affect the 
stomach and bowels, giving rise to nausea, vomiting, griping pains, 
&c. I cannot say 1 have ever seen much benefit arise from the 
use of antimonial ointment in the diseases of horses. I have made 
made many trials of it for spavins, splents, and other tumours, but 
have generally found it superseded by a common blister. I think 
in chronic pulmonic inflammations it might, now and then, be used 
with some service upon the breast or sides. The hair should be 
shaved off to give it a fair chance of success ; and this of itself 
often constitutes an objection to its use. 
EXTRACTION OF A FORK FROM THE ABDOMEN 
OF A DOG. 
By M. Norrit, V. S., Wth Chasseurs. 
On the 18th of October, 1833, a large hound, belonging to M. 
Terris, Professor of the College of Libourne, swallowed a bone, 
which stuck at the upper part of the oesophagus at the back of the 
pharynx, and caused violent efforts by the dog to get rid of it. M. 
Tessier vainly attempted to force its descent into the stomach, by 
pressing with his hand, in a direction from above downwards, on 
the tumour which it formed externally. He at length opened the 
gullet of the dog and forced it down with the point of a fork. The 
animal was no sooner freed from the horrible torture it suffered, 
than its motions expressive of joy could not be restrained, and the 
fork, which was yet entangled in the pharynx, escaped from the 
hands of M. Terris and followed the bone into the stomach. 
During the whole of this day the dog did not appear to be in the 
slightest degree inconvenienced ; but on the following day he was 
out of spirits ; he stood with his legs wide apart, and moved with 
difficulty and pain. On examining the abdomen, M. Terris felt the 
fork in a direction nearly across the abdomen, and parallel with 
the great curvature of the stomach. These symptoms continued 
during that day and the following one; but on the 21st the dog 
had regained his usual spirits and appetite, and continued appa- 
rently well for about two months, when he again occasionally ex- 
pressed a great deal of pain. 
On a certain day M. Terris endeavoured mechanically to accele- 
rate the passage of the fork through the intestines ; and, having 
ascertained its exact situation, he tried to push it backward. 
