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stable was rather dark, and the day following wet, the wound had 
not been observed for upwards of twenty-four hours, when it was 
brought together by ordinary stitches : these, however, gave way 
in a few days afterwards, and the wound was again secured in the 
same manner, but it once more shortly gave way. As the owner 
was unwilling to have the piece cut away, the horse was sent here. 
The edges of the wound were freely scarified, and were then 
brought together and secured in the same manner as in pinning 
the neck after bleeding, or in the operation for hare lip in the 
human being, taking a good large hold of the edges. The pins 
were removed as adhesion took place, and in ten days complete 
union was effected, and a blemish avoided. 
William Dick. 
Extracts from domestic and r’oreign Journals, 
Veterinary, Medical, and Agricultural. 
PARISIAN MEDICAL CONGRESS. 
[From the Lancet.] 
The French journals inform us that the requests of the veteri- 
nary section of the Parisian Medical Congress have been adopted 
by other influential public bodies, and that there is now nearly a 
certainty of the reforms which they demand being accepted and 
followed up by government, if not entirely, at least in part. 
In each department in France there is aboard (conseil general) 
elected by the inhabitants of the department, which sits for a certain 
time each year to discuss questions connected with agriculture and 
with the local interests of the department. These local committees 
are represented in Paris by a general board, which has recently 
given its formal adhesion to the views promulgated by the veteri- 
nary section of the Congress, views which we exhibited at length 
on a former occasion, (see The VETERINARIAN, page 107.) The 
principal points to which the General Board of Agriculture has 
directed the attention of government, are the necessity of render- 
ing veterinary studies more lengthened and more complete, and 
the duty of teaching veterinary students the subjects of agriculture 
and rural hygiene, as also every thing pertaining to the breeding 
and training of stock. 
Although the Minister of Agriculture, to whom the above com- 
munications have been addressed, has not as yet made any official 
