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aggravated during the course of the following days, and on 
the third day the animal could no longer sustain itself on its 
legs, and died in the course of twelve hours without the least 
convulsion. 
Autopsies . — The eye was completely disorganized ; the 
muscles also, and fatty matter of the orbit, had almost 
entirely disappeared. Abscesses had formed about the 
temporal articulation, the sinuses of which were filled with 
fetid pus. The optic nerve was indurated, and resembled 
fibrine somwhat dried. The part of the nerve near its origin 
was softened. The optic lobe on the right side contained a 
tumour of the size of a pigeon's egg. On opening this, a 
grayish-coloured pus escaped. The parietes of the tumour 
were in part of a pink colour, having in some places a 
yellowish hue. The arachnoid membrane surrounding the 
diseased parts was injected, and here and there some fibrinous 
adhesions had been formed, The dura mater was also injected. 
The surrounding parts of the brain had somewhat lost their 
usual density. 
Two causes might have contributed in producing the 
lesion in the optic nerve and brain. First, concussion from 
a blow might have so affected the parts as to produce 
injurious consequences directly upon the arachnoid and the 
dura mater. 
Secondly, the extension of the inflammation of the optic 
nerve might have been transmitted to the optic lobe ; for it 
is a well-known fact that decussation of the optic nerves is 
not complete, and that it only takes place by its deeper seated 
or internal fibres, and not by the external. It is, therefore, 
possible that the inflammation which affected the eye extended, 
by means of the nerve, to the corresponding part of the 
brain. Both lobes of the lungs exhibited signs of gangrene 
at their inferior borders. 
ON THE PETtCHLORTJRET OE IRON AS A STYPTIC. 
By J. Catjvet, Veterinary Surgeon at Narbonne. 
An old mare, exhausted by hard work in one of the 
diligences, presented the following symptoms : — dulness,loss 
of appetite, alvine evacuations, dry and dark- coloured, urine 
also dark-coloured, stiffness of the loins, respiration normal, 
pulse quick and small, mucous membranes, of a brownish 
yellow colour, animal unsteady in her walk. 
These symptoms were not very decided, but rather led to 
