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REPORTS OF CASES. 
irritating, non-poisonous, odorless, non-hygroscopic, greenish- 
gray, neutral powder, insoluble in all ordinary solvents, un¬ 
affected by light, and containing 44 per cent, of zinc oxide 
and 56 per cent, of gallic acid. It is used both externally and 
internally. Externally it is used in eczema, fresh and septic 
wounds, otorrhoea, gonorrhoea, and hemorrhoids. Internally 
it is recommended in fermentative disorders of the intestinal 
tract. Externally, it is applied pure or diluted with in¬ 
different powders or ointments. 
Ferripyrin.— Ferripyrin is stated to be a compound of 
ferric chloride and antipvrin. It appears as an orange-red 
powder, yielding with water, in which it dissolves with 
facility, a dark-red solution. It is said to possess marked 
haemostatic properties and to be free from any causticity, 
and is used either as a powder or in the form of a 20 per cent, 
solution. It is also administered internally.— Chem. Gaz. 
REPORTS OF CASES, 
A PARTIAL RUPTURE OF THE STOMACH AND RECOVERY. 
By Geo. Jobson, V.S., Oil City, Pa, 
A pony mare, six years of age, was one of a driving team, 
used by a Congressman in Washington during the winter of 
1894. While connected with the National Veterinary Col¬ 
lege I was called, on December 22d, to treat her for acute 
indigestion, with which she was suffering. The attack was 
very persistent, and lasted about fourteen hours before the 
acute symptoms subsided, and it was several weeks after be¬ 
fore she regained her normal condition. When Congress 
adjourned she was taken home with the rest of the stable, 
and in May, 1895, after my return from college work, I was 
again called to treat her for the same trouble at the home of 
her owner. All efforts failed to relieve, and death ended her 
suffering. As she frequently had slight colics during the in¬ 
terval between the first and last attacks, some abnormality 
was suspected, and a post-mortem held. A complete rupture 
of the cardiac extremity of the stomach, about six inches in 
length, was discovered, and the stomach contents had es¬ 
caped into the abdominal cavity, death being due to this 
cause. The organ was everted, and an investigation revealed 
traces of a former rupture, which was shown by a scar about 
seven inches in length running parallel to, and about half an 
inch to the left of the line of demarcation which separates the 
stomach. The ragged edges of the wound had not com¬ 
pletely healed for about two inches in the middle of the 
