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dymis, and the cord. After this he places a ligature between 
the testicle and the epididymis, which consists of a string 
of welb waxed hemp, — any other material will not do. When 
the operation is thus far completed, he anoints not only the 
inguinal, but also the lumbar region, and the left and right 
flank, and likewise the space between the ears, with lard 
obtained from the male pig , — the older and the more rancid, 
the greater the virtue it is said to possess This anointing 
is repeated for several days, care being taken at the same 
time to close not only the doors and windows, but also 
every crevice or hole in the stable in which the animal is 
placed. During the whole of the time it is under treatment 
the stable is not allowed to be cleaned ; thus necessarily the 
animal is exposed to a most vitiated atmosphere. 
The treatment adopted by the author for the cure of 
tetanus, is to act on the bowels by strong drastic purgatives, 
and to use dry frictions to the body, warm clothing, and 
fumigations. 
METRITIS IN A BITCH. 
By Roberto Bassi, Medico Yeterinario. 
This is an interesting case, inasmuch as the bitch was 
not with pup. She presented all the signs of approaching 
parturition, and the mammae were filled with milk. The 
history of the case was this, she had not been submitted to 
the male during her last aestrum ; yet she soon after showed 
all the symptoms of pregnancy. This physiological phe- 
nomenon has been often observed in the bitch when deprived 
of the male, by Prof. Delafond and others. The treatment 
adopted was antiphlogistic, and the animal recovered in a 
few days. 
A NOVEL CASE OE SUPERECETATION IN A COW. 
By Perosino. 
Signor Molina, a distinguished veterinary surgeon, re- 
siding at Alla Cava, announced in the following terms a 
novel case of superfoetation, as he is pleased to call it, in a 
cow one of a herd belonging to Sig. di Gropello, Lomellina. 
Having gone her time, she calved a strong healthy calf, and 
a short time afterwards a second foetus was expelled, which 
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