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loins, warm drinks and castor oil. The condition of the patient 
grew worse, the pains increased more and more, soon broke into 
profuse perspiration, the mucous membranes became of a livid 
color, and death took place after a few hours. At the post¬ 
mortem the kidneys were found softened, the right extensively 
bruised and its fibrous capsule torn, and both organs loose from 
their attachments. The surrounding muscles were free from 
any injury.—( The Veterinarian .) 
Osteitis of the Trochanter \By W. M. Scott , M. R. 
c. V Si]. —A five-year-old mare had been treated for the last six 
months, and has at present on the coxo-femoral joint a rather 
large swelling, hard, like bone, and which is rendered more 
prominent by the atrophy of the surrounding muscles. There 
are two fistulous tracts extending towards the joint. Standing 
up the animal rests her whole weight on the sound leg; the 
diseased one is flexed and carried in adduction, and sometimes 
is resting on the toe of the other. In motion, the leg is carried 
in abduction, carried forward with hesitation ; the step is short. 
Backing is very difficult and turning on one side painful. The 
animal was destroyed. At the post-mortem, the muscles of the 
gluteal and crural regions were infiltrated, some of them almost 
ossified. The superior part of the femur showed, a large bony 
tumor separated from the body of the bone, and kept in place by 
fibrous adhesions. It looked as if there had been a fracture on 
the upper part of bone which was healed only by ligamentous 
union.—( The Veterinariani) 
Intracapsuear Haemorrhage of the Liver [By Mr. J. 
A. W. Dollar ].—A fifteen-year-old horse is attacked with colic ; 
he drops some faeces, urinates, has an anxious face, the pupils di¬ 
lated, the gait is stiff; he has muscular twitchings and the body 
is covered with a sticky perspiration; the mucous membranes 
are pale, the pulse small and weak, 94 beats ; the temperature 
37 0 9 C. ; respiration 30, short, loud. The animal walks about in 
his box and paws ; his neck is stretched, his upper lip contracted 
and turned up. His sight seems impaired. After an injection 
of morphine, which puts him to sleep for awhile, he suddenly 
gets up, his pulse rises to 130-140 per minute, his respiration 
to 30. Temperature cannot be taken. The next day the horse 
seems better,—pulse, respiration, and temperature are improved ; 
there is slight jaundice. This condition lasted for eleven days, 
and was followed by sudden death. At the post-mortem there 
was an intra-abdominal hemorrhage and a marked general jaun¬ 
dice. The bronchial mucous membrane, the intestines, and the 
