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in region of lower third of ribs just back of elbow, which gradu¬ 
ally extended to sheath, and owner thought it needed opening, 
so plunged knife in softest place, getting copious flow of pus, 
but severing large branch of external thoracic artery. He was 
destroyed, scapula secured, showing a remarkable deposit of 
lime salts.— (Jour, of Comp. Med. and Vet. Arch.) 
Outward Luxation of the Femur. —A four-year-old mule 
had this history : Five weeks before, while playing, stepped on 
corn-cob, fell, and was unable to rise. When gotten up, right 
hind leg was shorter than left one. In day or so decided swell¬ 
ing about hip, which on applying liniment disappeared in three 
weeks. Brought to clinic, and found following condition : Leg 
abnormally adducted, toe barely touching ground, supporting 
some weight; excessive atrophy of gluteal muscles; a promi¬ 
nence (palpation proving it to be the trochanter major of the 
femur) was seen postero-superior to the cotyloid cavity. Flexion 
of stifle and hock-joints limited, while abduction of limb was 
quite impossible. Rectal examination negative. Diagnosis, 
rupture of ligamentum teres and outward luxation of femur 
(luxatio supra cotaloidea).— (W. E. A. Wyman , V A., in Jour. 
Comp. Med. and Vet. Arch.) 
Acute Nephritis in a Horse. —James McDonough, D.V.S., 
Montclair, N. J., sends the following account of a case that puz¬ 
zled him to the Veterinary Magazine for December : Patient 
was a gray mare which owner thought had worms. A local 
druggist gave him eight powders, each containing fifteen grains 
of santonin, one drachm of calomel and six minims of oil of worm- 
seed. Animal received one powder a day for six days, was 
driven on the seventh day. He reported that she did not seem 
as well as usual and was unusually thirsty. On eighth day she 
did not eat, seemed stupid and was taken with a profuse diarrhoea, 
which continued all that day and the following night. I was 
called on morning of ninth day and found her lying, with symp¬ 
toms of abdominal pain. On compelling her to rise,. I saw that 
she moved with some difficulty and seemed to be stiff all over. 
She was much excited, respiration quick and irregular, pulse 
rapid, soft and weak, temperature 103.4 ; a profuse, dark, watery 
discharge from bowels every fifteen or twenty minutes. Upon 
leaving her she would immediately lie down and after turning 
her head nearly to her flank would stretch out on her side, ex¬ 
tend limbs and throw head far back. These symptoms con¬ 
tinued for three hours, when she died. Post-mortem. —Lungs 
much congested and dark-colored ; liver very dark ; right kidney 
