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of that organ; suppuration of the mucous membrane; enlarge¬ 
ment of the ureters or pelvic cavities of the kidneys; paralysis 
of the bladder, and death, consequent on inflammation and 
gangrene, or a rupture of the same. 
The remedies recommended by the author are diuretics, 
and lithontriptics, given internally, or by injection into the 
bladder; and the extraction of the calculi by enlarging the 
urethra. The first are only of use when the calculi are yet 
imperfectly formed, or in a sedimentous state. The second 
must be assisted by an alteration in the diet, and the last, or 
the operation, which is much easier than in the male subject, 
is to be resorted to as a dernier ressort . 
INJURIOUS EFFECTS OF VERATRUM ALBUM WHEN USED 
AS A COUNTER-IRRITANT IN CASES OF PLEURO-PNEU- 
MONIA IN CATTLE. 
By M. Benlzen, Government T eterinary Surgeon, Schwargern. 
On the 1st of June, 1858, the author w 7 as sent for by 
Baron von Gemmingen, of Bondfeld, to save, if possible, 
some of his stock, thirty-eight having been poisoned. It 
is probable that the Baron had for some time past observed 
pleuro-pneumonia amongst his stock, but he had not given 
notice to the authorities, to avoid, perhaps, the unpleasant¬ 
ness of having his estate isolated, as directed by the sanitary 
police. Instead thereof he had subjected the affected cattle to 
the treatment of a veterinary surgeon residing in the duchy 
of Baden, who had inserted portions of the root of the white 
hellebore on each side of the chest, as a prophylactic. All 
the cattle had been thus treated on the same day, the plant 
having been dug up fresh out of the garden for the purpose; 
a piece of this, the length of a man J s finger, had been inserted 
on each side of the chest, behind the fore legs, and left 
there. The effect of this, the plant being taken from a rich 
soil and full of sap, was fearful. The chest, abdomen, neck, 
and head, became swelled to an enormous size; the animals 
could neither eat, drink, nor ruminate; the respiration w 7 as hur¬ 
ried, and they rested their heads against the mangers or w r alls. 
There was more or less trembling, sometimes of the whole body; 
weeping of the eyes, the pupils being dilated ; grinding of the 
teeth; foaming at the mouth, with attempts at vomiting; giddi¬ 
ness and falling, and when down, lying with their legs ex¬ 
tended and stiff in all the cases. At last they were unable 
