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Mr. Kettle applied, in his case, “ interrupted sutures of 
fine white silk.” It were important to know if any special 
precaution was taken by Mr. Kettle, and whether in saying 
“ the sutures were now removed” he refers also to the 
stitches in the gut. 
The wound in the abdominal wall, in these instances, has 
been variously handled by practitioners. Mr. Kettle used the 
metallic sutures. S have found, in performing the experiments 
referred to in the back pages, that the so-called “ quilled 
suture,” using sticks instead of quills , is the most effectual and 
safe to bring the lips of the wound in contact throughout, 
and ensuring that the sutures do not prematurely slough 
out. 
Lastly,- — w T hat should be the after treatment in these cases 
of eventration and wounded intestine? It is questionable 
whether a purge is always indicated ; clysters, 1 believe, in- 
variably are. Mr. Kettle is no doubt right in his observations 
on bloodletting, and I thus think M. Guilhem might have 
avoided it. Nicoleau’s treatment is as good as can be 
pursued. Mr. New'ton^s treatment is also much to be com- 
mended. Wine or any stimulant sometimes causes an animal 
to rally, if labouring under the shock of an injury or opera 
tion ; but great judgment is required not to step over the 
mark. In man, Mr. Erichsen recommends solid opium to 
be administered to allay peristaltic action, and thus diminish 
the chances of extravasation. The bowels to be relieved by 
enemata. 
Complete dislocation and fracture of the third 
cervical vertebra in a horse. — The dead body of a 
mare, a trooper, 12 years old, was carried into the veteri- 
nary school of Bruxelles on the 20th April last. Whilst in 
a fast trot, the mare had fallen violently on to her head, and 
had died instantaneously. She had always been very apt to 
stumble, and it appeared that the case was one of violent con- 
cussion to the head. 
Post-mortem examination five hours after death . — The animal 
has been lying on her left side ; the abdomen is very tense ; 
the visible mucous membranes gorged with blood and of a 
bluish colour; the recti muscles of the abdomen and the pan- 
niculus are discoloured. These were evidently not cadaveric 
lesions. A good deal of colourless serosity is found in the 
abdomen ; the blood is very black. No marked lesion of the 
alimentary canal, nevertheless there is punctiform congestion, 
the villi being gorged with blood producing dark spots here 
and there. This fact, says M. Husson, though so slight, is 
of very great importance, as it constitutes a characteristic 
