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ney homeward over a distance of eleven miles. The stomach 
failing to digest the oats, fermentation with dilatation of the 
stomach ensiled, which dilated stomach being squeezed be¬ 
tween the diaphragm and the vigorously worked abdominal 
muscles, ruptured from inability to stand the pressure.— (Oest. 
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FRENCH REVIEW. 
Umbilical Hernias—Tetanus anl Antitetanic Serum. 
—For a number of years, the author, Mr. P. Dieudonne, has lost 
a number of cases (generally three out of ten) on colts that he 
operated for umbilical hernia, no matter what method he em¬ 
ployed ; of late he has had recourse to the injection of antite¬ 
tanic serum and obtained results which confirm the value of this 
vaccination as a prophylactic measure. He relates an instance 
when having operated with success on one animal, he lost a 
second where he had no serum to inject, while a third colt, also 
inoculated, escaped the fatal sequela.— (Rec. de Med. Vet.) 
Abscess of the Intra-ventricular Septum in a Cow 
By A. Quentin de Serrancourt ].—This is the case of a 
Flemish cow, which after recovery from a large abscess on the 
left side of the thoracic cavity, died comparatively suddenly, 
and at the post-mortem revealed a purulent collection of the 
size of a small egg in the muscular mass of the coxo-femoral 
joint, and exposed by chance another larger one in the thick¬ 
ness of the intra-ventricular septum.—( Ibid .) 
Cervical CEsophageal Jabot—Recovery.—A rather un¬ 
usual case, recorded by Mr. Roy, which occurred in an eight- 
year-old horse, and which was attributed to its gluttonous appe¬ 
tite, bolting his food at each meal without mastication. Com¬ 
paratively of recent date, and located in the lower third of the 
neck, where local pressure could be applied, the author made a 
kind of truss which was adapted to the region and held in place 
by straps secured to the surcingle. To this local treatment a 
special regime was directed, consisting of food divided or 
crushed. Eocal astringent applications were also applied. Re¬ 
moving the apparatus after eight days, at first it seemed as if 
the. enlarged oesophagus had returned to its normal proportion. 
This was, however, an error, as after the first ordinary meal the 
jabot returned with all its primitive aspects. The apparatus re¬ 
applied and left on for two weeks longer was followed by a com- 
