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EXTRACTS FROM GERMAN PERIODICALS. 
rectum irrigated with a solution of creolin in oak bark decoc 
tion, 1:20, repeated hourly. On the first day only bran wate 
was permitted the patient, followed on the second day Ip 
good hay. 
After eight days we removed the balance of the polypi 
The condition of the animal improved, and after six weeks 
during which time we occasionally saw the case, was cured. - 
Berliner Th . Wo eh. No . 43, 92. 
RETENTION CYST UPON THE EPIGLOTTIS. 
A troop horse that had been taken as a reserve, only to b( 
used during the season of maneuvers, appeared slow and in 
active, ate with great deliberation, and for times together helc 
the head extended on a horizontal line with the dorsal verte 
bras. 
Eight days after the departure of the troop, while bein£ 
ridden at a walk, in the various exercises, the animal became 
weak, swayed considerable and fell; in a short time regainec 
composure and stood. 
From here the animal was taken to the nearest camp 
where it again plunged to the ground and expired. 
The post-mortem, undertaken on the next day, exposed nc : 
lesion of the abdominal cavity. The lungs contained air 
were red in color and well supplied with blood. The laryn? 
was nearly shut from view by a cyst of enormous dimensions 
which lay over the glottis, being securely attached to the an 
terior surface of the epiglottis. 
This formation, altogether about the size of a hen’s egg 
was filled with a transparent, reddish-gray fluid. The exterioi' 
also reddish in hue and wrinkled, seemed a continuation 0 
the pharyngeal mucous membrane, while the interior pos 
sessed nothing noteworthy. 
The pathological institute attached to the Berlin Univer 
sity, pronounced this growth to be a retention cyst— Ztsehr 
f. Vet. K. 
