TRANSLATIONS FROM THE CONTINENTAL JOURNALS. 515 
Columella, though very imperfectly, nevertheless describes 
the state of the ox, and gives the symptoms of simple 
indigestion, as follows ; the nose, ears, &c, cold; the general 
temperature of the body lowered ; the coat staring; discharge 
of saliva from the mouth, and slight defluxion from the 
nostrils. The obstruction du feuillet of the French, nor the 
Ver stop fung des losers of the Germans, does not always 
explain the state of the stomach which is produced by green 
food taken with too great avidity, and that caused by over abun- 
dance of dry provender. F estal in the Journal des Veter inair es 
du Midi, describes three kinds of indigestion ; the first affecting 
the rumen ; the second, the abomasum ; and the third, the 
omasum. We shall not, however, follow the author in his 
quotations from Delwart, Veriieyen, Hurtrel d’Arbo- 
val, Lessona, &c. The writer of the article in question, next 
enters on the distinctions between the acute form of the 
affection as caused by green food, and the chronic produced 
by dry provender, as also on the other causes, such as 
mechanical obstructions, &c. The remedies recommended 
in the acute form are the hypo-sulphate of soda, an aromatic 
bitter, and the potassio-tarlrate of antimony. In the chronic 
form the acetate of potash, hydrochloric acid, and veratrum 
album are also given by some practitioners. Ipecacuanha 
and aloes, with bloodletting and glysters, are sometimes bad 
recourse to. In tympanitis, those substances w hich neutralise 
or absorb the gases which are formed are advocated. 
Journal des VeUrinaires du Midi , May, 1858 ; 
Clinique VEcole imperial Veterinaire de Toulouse . 
Per Mons. Serres, Clief du Service. 
CONTUSION AND SWELLING OE THE MUSCLES OF THE 
INTERNAL SCAPULAR AND ANTERIOR HUMERAL REGIONS- 
This lameness is ahvays caused by severe blows, which 
sometimes throw 7 the horse down, and is followed by intense 
lameness, which, however, is not perceptible w 7 hen the animal 
is standing, as the affected leg bears the weight without the 
least inconvenience. The slightest motion, however, show r s 
that the limb can only be brought forward with the greatest 
difficulty, while the flexion of the joint formed between the 
scapula and humerus gives an appearance of the shoulder 
separating from the body. This peculiarity is observed at every 
