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organs and that though some of them, like the rumen and the 
reticulum, which often contain foreign bodies which may pro¬ 
duce the necessary traumatic lesions, yet actinomycosis seems to 
be rather rare in them. The authors relate an interesting case 
of an animal, which, while at pasture, having become tympanitic, 
was improperly tapped by her owner. Relieved from the gas¬ 
tric trouble, she began to suffer with the formation of successive 
abscesses in various parts of the flank, some thirty in number, 
which, however, by treatment subsided, and after a year the 
animal was sold to the butcher for market. At the slaughter¬ 
house four actinomycotic tumors were found in the rumen, one 
in the reticulum. Some had peduncles which united the growths 
to the fistulous wounds of the flank. To accuse the puncture 
of the rumen as the cause of the trouble would be an easy mat¬ 
ter, had the pus of the abscesses of the flank been examined for 
the actinos ; .as it was not, the door is open to doubt. But, say 
the authors, in similar conditions, pus ought always to be care¬ 
fully examined and its nature established.— (Ibid.) 
ITALIAN REVIEW. 
Lingual Actinomycosis in a Cow. —Dr. V. Bonaretti, in 
the Clinica Veterinarian records an interesting case of recovery 
of this affection by the iodide of potassium treatment. Affected 
for some time, and treated for simple glossitis first, the condition 
of the tongue was such when seen by Bonaretti that the admin¬ 
istration of a drench containing io grammes of the iodide in a 
quart of water could not be administered. Deglutition was im¬ 
possible and the animal threatened to fall at each attempt made. 
It was then decided to try administration by the rectum. After 
taking rectal injections of iodide of potassium for three days in 
succession, the improvement of the tongue was such that it be¬ 
came possible to continue the treatment; which was done. Re¬ 
covery was complete by the administration of five doses of the 
iodide, io grammes to each dose. 
A Cask of Nasal Polypus Simulating Glanders. —Dr. 
G. Bosso, in the Giornale della Roy ale Societa Nazionale Veter- 
inana , of Turin, records the case of a horse which was sus¬ 
pected of glanders, which had been placed under observation, 
and in the discharge of which numerous micro-organisms had 
been found, which on potato culture had failed to give the 
characters of the coloration of the bacillus mallei. Repeated in¬ 
jections of mallein had given rise only to a slight elevation of 
