PENETRATING THE RUMEN. 
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from the extent of the tumefaction), one obliquely across, with the 
superior portion protruding internally; the other having three 
portions detached from the posterior edge, two of which were 
easily removed with a pair of forceps; the other was too firm to be 
as yet extracted. 
22 d .—Bowels costive; I gave ol. lini. Jxviij, and removed 
with the scalpel the remaining dead portions of the integu¬ 
ment and cellular substance ; the other parts were becoming 
gradually filled up with healthy granulations. 
28th .—Removed the third portion of bone, but all means were 
ineffectual to extract that of the oblique fracture. 
I did not see her until the 19th of August, when, being in the 
neighbourhood, the owner requested me to look at her, as there 
was a great discharge from the right side (the left being entirely 
healed up). I found the fractured portion had perforated the 
rumen, and the aliment was escaping from the orifice. I again 
tried to remove the remaining portion of bone, but it still resisted 
all efforts until the 23d, in the morning ; when the owner being 
in the act of washing the part as usual, he found the bone loose, 
and seizing hold of it with a pair of pincers, with a slight effort 
he extracted it: it was of the whole breadth of the rib, and three 
and three-fourths inches in length. The part is now perfectly 
healed up, she is doing well, and in good condition. 
USE OF WHITE MUSTARD-SEED IN STAGGERS. 
By M. Huvellier. 
In April last, I was sent for to see a mare that refused her 
food, and trembled all over. She was supporting herself by 
pushing her head against the wall; her fore limbs were drawn 
under her ; her loins arched ; her eyes injected ; her pulse irre¬ 
gular and vibrating ; the bowels confined ; the forehead and ears 
hot; the extremities cold. I took away eight pounds of blood, 
administered injections, and gave six ounces of the syrup of 
diascodium, with the same quantity of honey, and two ounces of 
gum arabic. I would have blistered the legs, but the owner 
would not consent, for fear of blemishing the mare. 
At night, there was the same immobility; the same pushing 
against the wall: the eyes were not so red, but they were glassy 
and haggard; the pulse did not vibrate so much ; and the neck 
was bent on one side. 
On the following day, she was nearly in the same state; 
champing of the jaw; abundant discharge of saliva; the head 
