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fluidity, its weight and volume, it has an important mecha¬ 
nical action. 2dly, It operates as a detergent and antiphlogistic 
bath, which is of undoubted benefit. 3dly, It has a peculiar 
physiological action, which is very efficacious. The liquid 
being poured into the organ rapidly distends it, and by its 
fluidity and weight the organ is brought into its proper 
place, thus perfectly reducing the parts which were before 
only imperfectly so. But, more particularly, by its diffusible 
gravity, it opposes a relapse or second inversion. 
This method alone the author assures us will, in the great 
majority of cases, suffice; but when the patient is far off, he 
sometimes, as a precaution, employs in addition to it sutures 
through the vulva. 
RESUME OF THE REPORTS OF THE VETERINARY SURGEONS 
OF THE GOVERNMENT, AS TO THE HEALTH OF THE 
ANIMALS IN THE PROVINCE OF BRABANT. 
This last quarter has not been distinguished by any ex¬ 
traordinary events, being, indeed, much the same as the pre¬ 
vious one. The want of provender has been followed with 
consequences which are not without interest to the agricul¬ 
turist, and has had some influence on the health of the 
domestic animals. 
Maladies under the form of atony of the digestive organs 
have been of frequent occurrence in the horse. The animals 
lose their appetite, paw the ground at intervals, look round 
to their flanks which are distended, lie on their side and 
sometimes on their back, while others sit on their haunches 
like dogs, the pulse is slightly increased, the mouth cold, 
tongue coated, mucous membranes yellow, and constipation is 
present. 
The treatment consisted in the exhibition of drastic pur¬ 
gatives. In some districts sulphuric ether with opium has 
been given. 
Glanders and farcy .—These diseases, amongst the tovdng- 
horses on the canals, number thirty-four. Charbon has con¬ 
tinued to prevail among the swine in some of the villages. 
Puerperal Fever has been more frequent among cows than 
during last quarter. Does this malady arise from a para¬ 
lytic state of the ganglionic nerve, or apoplexy of the central 
nerves? Mons. Fabry, of Diest, holds the second opinion, 
which he founds upon the good effects of bleeding; and in 
