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A CASE OF ANEURISM OF THE 
after the commencement of the operation, apparently from suf¬ 
focation, as the blood was observed suddenly to change from fine 
arterial to black. 
After the fatal result of this experiment, M. Halma-Grande ad¬ 
dressed the spectators as follows:—“ Gentlemen, were I not 
fully convinced of the great utility of this styptic, I should not 
have appeared before you as I do this day; there can be no na¬ 
tional feeling relative to this experiment; it is one for the com¬ 
mon benefit of mankind, and surgeons are all compatriots: al¬ 
though in this case I have been unsuccessful, yet I implore you to 
suspend your judgment awhile, and not think lightly of the subject, 
particularly when I tell you many eminent men in Paris, and one 
no ordinary man, have spoken most highly of this styptic; the 
one I allude to, Gentlemen, is he whose cliniques are attended by 
numerous English surgeons,—I mean Dupuytren. In his lec¬ 
tures he states, it will be a most € valuable remedy in the hands 
of the surgeon/ Once more I implore you, Gentlemen, to sus¬ 
pend your judgment.” He then retired.” 
The day after the operation, Mr. H. saw the poor animal, and 
stated that every thing was going on favourably; but it never 
recovered its natural vivacity, and its breathing remained quick¬ 
ened ; and seven days afterwards the bleeding returned, and the 
patient died. Four ounces of coagulated blood were found sur¬ 
rounding the artery, which contained no coagulum, nor had any 
process taken place for closing the wound in it. Had the ex¬ 
ternal wound healed, there would have been a spurious aneurism. 
—We must consequently suspend our judgment for awhile. 
A Case of Aneurism of the Heart in the Horse. 
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By M. Vezelisse, V,S. of the 5th Squadron of French Artillery. 
On the 14th of July, a mare, above the middle size, exces¬ 
sively fat, and of a lymphatic temperament, was brought to me 
with intense ophthalmia in both eyes, and which had occasioned 
slight symptoms of fever. I bled to the amount of three pounds, 
inserted two setons in the chest, and prescribed a low diet. This 
was at seven o’clock in the morning. At eleven the animal ate 
with considerable appetite, and seemed to continue well until 
four o’clock on the following morning, when she lay quietly 
down, and her respiration became quickened to a prodigious de¬ 
gree. I was immediately sent for. I found her lying on her 
right side, her flanks agitated to a degree difficult to describe ; 
the nostrils extremely dilated; the eye fixed ; the pulse imper- 
