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to be more liberal. On the 18th the wound was much 
smaller; the articulation, the dressing from which had not 
been removed at the previous visit, was now closed; the 
patient was able to bear the whole weight on the foot while 
standing, but much lameness remained when made to move. 
On the 28th cicatrization was progressing favorably; dressing 
as before, but less of the ointment, as the state of the parts 
render it unnecessary. About the middle of February this 
mule was put to work, which she continued to do for ten 
months, when, from an accident, she broke her back, and 
was obliged to be killed. This case shows the expediency—• 
1st, of removing by the knife the whole of the diseased 
parts, however extensive, or else destroying them by the 
actual cautery; 2ndly, to avoid frequent dressings, so as 
not to retard the healing process by the exposure of the 
wound. 
Clinique Yeterinaire , Paris, April, 1862. 
QUESTION OE THE CONTAGIOUSNESS OF SPLENIC APOPLEXY 
BY VOLATILE VIRUS. 
This is a letter addressed to the editor of the Union Agri¬ 
cole by M. Darreau, veterinary surgeon, at Courtalain, in 
reference to one published in the Union Agricoleby M. Garreau, 
relating to the sanitary police; into the merits of which, how¬ 
ever, it is not necessary to enter. According to the author, 
two principal causes produce tire malady, called by the 
French sang cle rate (splenic apoplexy). Amongst the first he 
places those influences, more or less unknown, which con¬ 
stitute the initial cause; in the second, contagion by the 
virus, fixed or immediate. Sequestration is ineffective in 
the first, and can only benefit in the second. Even the 
general slaughter of the animals cannot destroy the primary 
cause, and the healthy flock brought to the farm will be 
attacked in the same manner as the others. In the heat 
of the summer the new flock will be decimated equally with 
that which has been slaughtered. To render this discussion 
more clear, M. U. Leblanc gives the letter from the Universe 
Agricole, of the 12th of December, 1861, which is as follows : 
—“ M. Rogers, agriculturist, in the commune of Lutz, 
seeing his flock attacked by splenic apoplexy, was in¬ 
debted to M. Joseph, farmer, at Chamblais, for obligingly 
allowing him to take his animals to the farm of the 
