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the experiments of others, the author has observed two cases j 
where the presence of specific microbes has been well estab¬ 
lished. The first was in a cow, destroyed as incurable, and in 
which the subdorsal chain of lymphatic glands was bosselated 
and hypertrophied, and formed large, grayish encephaloid 
tumors. The microscopic-bacteriologic examination of these 
revealed the presence of a number of microbes, immobile, j 
thick, single or in clusters of two, three or four, both aerobic 
and anaerobic, growing well on gelatine, gelose and potatoes; j 
and which when inoculated to rabbits and guinea pigs pro¬ 
duced death in from thirty-six to forty-eight hours, with con¬ 
gestive lesions of most of the organs. 
The second was in a dog, six years old, which had large 
neoplastic tumors upon the membrana nictitans, and in which 
all the lymphatic glands, both deep and superficial, were hy¬ 
pertrophied and bosselated. The lungs, liver and kidneys 
also contained small tumors. The lymphademic nature of 
these was revealed by microscopic examination. A similar 
microbe was also discovered, which, though inactive on the 
guinea pig, killed rabbits in ten days by intra-venous injection 
onlv, giving rise to the formation of small whitish tubercles 
in the liver, spleen, kidneys and lungs.-- Journ. de Med. Vet. et 
Zoot. _ 
INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION RELIEVED BY RECTAL INJECTIONS 
WITH PRESSURE. 
By M. Peous. 
In a case of this disease of forty-eight hours standing, and 
after the failure of all other means employed, the author in 
• jected four times in twelve hours seventy-five centigrammes 
of pilocarpine. Obtaining no result from this seveie tieat 
ment he introduced the hose of a hydrant, having a stiong 
pressure, into the rectum, and irrigated the intestines witf] 
this powerful douche. This was followed with an excellent 
result, a violent cathartic effect, and sudden relief .—Ibid. 
POLYPUS OF THE PHARYNX IN A HORSE. 
By Professor Labat. 
A horse presenting all the symptoms of severe sore throa 
was also affected with frequent epistaxis. He was treate- 
