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mare got well. The silk sutures gave a little trouble, which 
disappeared as they sloughed away.— (Ibid.) 
Septicemia after Castration in a Cat [By Mr. W. R. 
Clarke ].—Ten days after being castrated a young Persian 
cat was showing symptoms of severe illness, which carried it off 
two days later. The cat was very weak, constantly vomiting and 
presented at the place of operation a surface where the hairs 
glued together by the discharge formed a solid obstacle to all 
escape of pus. The skin underneath was gangrenous, the ab¬ 
dominal muscles undermined with pus and the tissues of the 
abdominal wall, especially round the inguinal rings, were gran¬ 
ulating freely. The cat died with septicaemia. All this trouble 
could have been avoided had the long hairs of this Persian cat 
been clipped short, as they must be in long coated animals.— 
(Ibid.) 
Anchylosis of the Jaws in a Dog [By Mr. J. A. Nunn\. 
—An 8 months bulldog was unable to open his mouth properly, 
had difficulty in eating and was unable to defend himself; he 
could, however, drink. Pie was anaesthetized with ether and 
chloroform and by means of two small straps passed around the 
upper and lower jaws behind the canine, the mouth was forc¬ 
ibly opened with a loud snap, like the crack of a hunting whip. 
Massage of the joints, opening the mouth full three or four times 
a day, gnawing on large bones to make the dog move his jaws, 
were followed by comparatively perfect recovery, the dog was 
able to feed and to defend himself, though he showed unwilling¬ 
ness to open his mouth to its full extent himself.—( Veterinary 
Jour nail) 
Choking in the Horse [By Mr. E. Plant], —The case 
recorded by the author is interesting only from the fact that the 
introduction and manipulations were carried out with the animal 
standing—held merely with a twitch and having his mouth open 
with a balling iron. The principal difficulty was at the mo¬ 
ment when pressure was used to dislodge the foreign body, as 
then the animal struggled much ; however, the operation proved 
successful after the second introduction of the instrument and 
the animal got entirely well after a few days of careful diet.— 
(Ibid.) 
Vomition in a Horse — ITS Cause [By Mr. E. N. Jarvis]. 
—In the Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics 
is found an interesting detailed case of vomition in the horse. 
The animal between the 25th of January and the 15th of July 
was attacked at various intervals with vomiting- which the 
