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This gentleman being called to apply a nose ring on a bear re¬ 
cently bought for a menagerie and which was of very ugly dis¬ 
position, administered seven grains of morphine hydrochl. 
mixed with half a pound of honey—the whole mixture, being 
taken with delight by the animal. u The effect was rapid and 
the beast gave vent to the most terrible forest yells. The 
sclerotic coat of the eyes became intensely injected—the pupil 
contracted. For a minute or so he banged his head, against the 
iron bar with great force. This stage of excitement soon 
passed off.” Yet the sleep was not sufficiently sound to make it 
safe to operate and ether and chloroform were administered. 
The animal being well narcotized, the operation was performed 
without trouble. Mr. K. concludes : “ There is no telling how 
much morphia a full grown bear could take, but judging from 
the amount given and the ether and chloroform inhaled, I 
should imagine had I given three grains more there would have 
been no necessity for the ansesthetic.”— (Ibid.) 
Parasitic Enteritis and Embolism in the Horse [By 
Mr. E. R. Gibson ].—Remarking that while the intestinal canal 
of horses is subject to invasion by a variety of parasites ; that 
their presence there is not as a rule attended by fatal results ; 
and that some parasites do produce disease and ultimate death 
of their host, the author reports three cases in which at post¬ 
mortem strongylus armatus and tetracanthus were found with 
the lesions which they leave in the intestines and their arteries 
where they were found in quantity. Though the smallest of 
the nematodes, these parasites are the most difficult to dislodge, 
the treatment against them is of no avail and yet their presence 
in number is always attended with serious results.— (Ibid.) 
Ventral Hernia [By Mr. J. A. Thompson ].—This case 
shows the possibility of interference in abdominal surgery. A 
mare having received a severe kick on the right flank, was suf¬ 
fering afterward with a ventral hernia, whose opening measured 
about eight inches in length, with the result that a mass of in¬ 
testines was protruding, under the skin, and made a swelling 
about the size of two ordinary bed pillows. After careful cleans¬ 
ing, disinfection with carbolic acid, the skin was incised, 
the wounds sponged out of the serum underneath, the uninjured 
intestines were returned in place, the muscles brought together 
with silk sutures, the skin sewed up with strong hempen cord. 
A pad of cotton saturated with carbolic acid and a tight bandage 
applied over the parts. After a pretty severe illness of about a 
week, in which the temperature one day reached 10S b., the 
