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pounds, and the administration of thirty-six decagrammes of ace- 
tate of ammonia* in four quarts of water, given in two doses, with 
an interval of three hours between them, speedily removed all un- 
favourable appearances. 
The other cases are designated under the titles of tl Paralysis 
of the Jaw of a Calf — Carcinomatous Tumour , situated on the 
Tail of a Coiv — Hemorrhagic Nephritis in a Horse — Essential 
( Encephalitic ) Vertigo in a Coiv — A Mangy Affection , accompa- 
nied by singular Phenomena occasioned by an improper use of Sul- 
phate of Potassa in a Horse — A case of Difficult Parturition, and 
Torsion of the Neck of the Uterus in a Cow.” Then come two cases 
of a disease in horses termed Synovitis of the Articulation of the 
Knee. In both these the disease had resisted every means em- 
ployed for its cure. M. Lecoq had recourse to puncturing the 
synovial capsule, and blistering the part affected. This bold 
and judicious mode of treatment was successful in both cases. A 
case of Imperfect Dislocation of the Cervical Vertebrae in a Calf 
terminates this collection. M. Lecoq cured this with the assist- 
ance of the ingenious apparatus recommended by Gohier, modified 
so as to suit the peculiar indications which presented themselves. 
The communications of this gentleman have particularly at- 
tracted the attention of your committee ; they consider them as a 
fresh justification of those decisions that have led you to bestow 
on him the numerous rewards which he has received from this 
Society. 
M. Raynal, veterinary surgeon to the first regiment of Lancers, 
is the author of a manuscript, entitled “ Observations and Expe- 
riments on the Treatment and Consequences of Fistulee in the 
Parotidean Canal of the Horse.” 
This manuscript contains five cases and various experiments. 
In each of the cases which form the subject of these observations 
the parotidean canal had been accidentally opened by the actual 
cautery. In four of the patients the flow of saliva ceased sponta- 
neously from about the thirteenth to the sixteenth day, reckoning 
from the first opening of the wound. The only means taken by 
M. Raynal, in order to obtain this interesting result, was submit- 
ting the animals to a course of diet composed of food which re- 
quired little mastication. By means of this, he prevented the 
secretion of an abundant salivation, and avoided those fatal re- 
sults which always follow, in similar cases, the escape of a large 
quantity of saliva, which, by forcing its way through the fistula, 
prevents its cicatrization. In the other patient, M. Raynal se- 
conded the effects of the regimen of which we have just spoken 
* A decagramme contains about 154 English grains. 
