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had passed into the thorax, and could not be withdrawn until 
the opening was enlarged.—( Vet. Rec.) 
Rupture of the Diaphragm [By Mr. A. Peele\. —In this 
second case the lesion was due to a traumatism received by a 
shaft point passing under the left side of the chest from forwards 
backwards. The animal was laid up for about a month for the 
healing of the wound and during that time presented some 
slight abdominal pains. She did light work for a month after¬ 
wards, and almost exactly two months from the day she received 
the first injury she was taken sick with colic, obstruction of the 
bowels and symptoms of pleuritic trouble. The treatment of 
purgatives, sedatives, enemata, etc., failed to relieve, and the 
animal died. At the post-mortem an opening of the diaphragm 
on the left lower muscular part of the muscle, through which 
several feet of the small intestines had passed. These were con¬ 
gested but not gangrenous. The diaphragm-made opening was 
round, appeared fibrous, and of a pale straw color. Part of it 
was congested and evidently recent.— (Vet. Rec.) 
Fistuua of the Parotid Duct [By IV. Smith]. —This is 
the report of the failures that the author met in the treatment 
of an injury occurring through a wire fence. He tried alum 
and flour with immobility of the jaws for twenty-four hours; 
then the hot iron, with pitch plaster; a third attempt was made 
with cantharides, and yet no better result. As a suggestion to 
his inquiries for treatment, which are made by him, the treat¬ 
ment which was employed by an old American veterinarian, Dr. 
Thayer, of Newton, which was reported by him to the U. S. V. 
M. Association, might also be recommended—viz. : the intro¬ 
duction of a silver tube in the divided canal, holding both ends 
sufficiently close together, to permit of cicatrization. The silver 
tube being withdrawn afterwards from the mouth.—( Vet. Rec.) 
Fracture of the Peuvis for a Time Without Dis¬ 
placement. —This record is of the case of a mare which was 
injured during breaking. She had trashed and kicked a great 
deal the last day she was in harness, and, after a few days of 
rest to allow her wounds to heal, she was put to work again. 
When about a mile from home she fell suddenly lame, and was 
taken back to her stable, where she laid down. She had some 
trouble to get up, but with a little assistance, succeeded. When 
standing she carried but little weight on her near hind leg, and 
she moved it forward with a circmnductive movement. Rectal 
and vaginal examination unavailing. Azoturia is suspected, 
but normal urine drawn excludes it. The mare received local 
