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means of a small piece of lint to tlie part. The animal re- 
mained in the slings six or seven weeks, by which time the 
wound was cicatrized. He was afterwards turned to grass, 
and continued to go on well. 
Case 2. — A large carriage horse having fallen while being 
used by the coachman, sustained a severe injury on the near 
elbow-joint, which produced a penetrating wound into the 
articulation, and an escape of synovia. The animal was 
treated similarly to the first, and with an equally beneficial 
result. He is now doing carriage- work, and goes quite free 
from lameness. 
Mr. Dray adds, — “ I am a great advocate for slings in all 
cases where quietude is required, and have often witnessed 
the good effects resulting from their use. How some veteri- 
nary surgeons can succeed in carrying on their practice 
without them is to me astonishing. 
<c I am indebted to Mr. Hallen, late of the cavalry depot, at 
Canterbury, for some slings which are made upon a new and 
improved principle, and which I can strongly recommend to 
the profession.’* 
POISONING OP PIGS BY THE BULBS OP THE NARCISSUS 
POETICUS. 
Mr. Mellett, M.R.C.V.S., Henley-on-Thames, informs 
us that on the 26th of June, he was requested to examine 
some pigs, about forty in number, at New Ham, the property 
of Mr. H. Sharp, in consequence of several of them being 
very unwell, and two having died that morning. He ascer- 
tained that on the preceding evening, the gardener had 
emptied some refuse matters into the yard of which the pigs 
partook greedily. On looking over a portion of the heap not 
yet removed from the garden, some bulbs of the white jonquil 
(Narcissus jooeticus) were found, and on cutting one of these, it 
emitted a strong and pungent smell, analogous to the odour 
Mr. Mellett had detected on opening the stomachs of the 
dead pigs. Portions of other bulbs, with the leaves of the 
plant, were also present in the stomachs and intestines, 
which viscera were much inflamed. The leading symp- 
toms exhibited by the animals, were much depression of 
the vital powers, accompanied with violent purging. The 
treatment consisted principally of the exhibition of aperient 
medicine, with a view of removing the offending matter. 
