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this is again covered Avith a piece of plaster moistened with 
collodion. Then over this first dressing aseptic cotton, dipped 
in silicate of potassia, is placed and retained by three or four 
rolls of bandages or pieces of plaster, also impregnated with 
the silicate. 
The hemostatic ligature is then removed, and the animal 
so secured as to prevent him from rubbing the neck. In ten 
or twelve days the dressing becomes loose and is detached, 
leaving a simple, healthy, granulating surface.— Ibid. 
PUTRID ABSCESS OF THE ABDOMEN FOLLOWING OVARIOTOMY 
IN THE MARE. 
By Delamotte and Charon. 
A mare upon which this operation had been performed 
without previous disinfection of the vagina, was attacked by 
high fever and colics, a few days subsequently. Her condi¬ 
tion assumed a serious aspect, and fears of septic peritonitis 
were entertained. By careful attention, however, this was 
avoided, but an enormous abscess followed, situated in the 
pelvic cavity, between the walls of the vagina and the peri¬ 
toneal coat. This abscess, however, fortunately emptied itself 
into the vagina and the animal recovered after a long con¬ 
valescence. 
This case once more indicates the value of antiseptic 
measures and the necessity of their persistent and habitual 
employment in veterinary surgery.-— Revue Veterinaire. 
GANGRENOUS SEPTICAEMIA FOLLOWING SUB-CUTANEOUS 
INJECTION OF MORPHINE. 
By M. Delamotte. 
A vicious mare was ovariotomizecl, while already suffering 
with an extensive wound of the left elbow, and to keep her 
under control several hypodermic injections of chlorhydrate 
of morphine were administered. She did not seem to suffer 
from the operation, but died a few days afterwards with gen¬ 
eralized septic infection, which first exhibited itself on the 
neck, at the place where one of the injections had been made. 
—Jo urn. de Med. Vet. et Zoot. 
