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t strong purgative and removed all feed. The day following the 
lorse was hobbled and thrown and placed upon his back, the 
ateral bipeds being bound. Examination of the locality showed 
he inguinal ring to be of considerable diameter, easily permit- 
ing the passage of a hen’s egg. Upon the affected side—the 
ight—an incision one foot in length was made, which traversed 
he enlargement parallel to the mesial line ; the skin was dissected 
ight and left, exposing a considerable area and forming two 
mmense pockets. 
The lips of the wound, at the edges, were brought in apposi- 
ion by tape suture, except at the posterior commissure, which 
perture was allowed to remain open. Through the latter balls 
>f oakum were introduced until somewhat more than a pound 
tad been used. The opening was not sutured, thus holding the 
ontents securely within. 
Being allowed to stand, the animal was in a few minutes taken 
o the stable, and the posterior limbs put upon an elevation some 
wo feet in height, and was kept under constant surveillance for 
eventy-two hours. At the end of this time the rear stitches 
/ere severed and the cyst cleansed and refilled. After the expir- 
tion of the sixth day this procedure was again resorted to; some 
f the sutures being also renewed. 
From this time on the oakum was changed every two days ? 
he cavity being more loosely filled each time. Healing of the 
/ound proceeded kindly and rapidly; at the end of the fourth 
/eek the patient was discharged.— Ber. Thier . Wochen. 
NEW MEMBERS ELECTED 
THE UNITED STATES VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 
AT THE MEETING IN BOSTON. 
Honorary Membership. —Prof. A. Chauveau, Lyons, 
r ranee, Director-General of the Veterinary Schools of France. 
Anatomist-Physiologist—Work on Contagious Diseases, etc.; 
roposed by R. S. Huidekoper, A. Liautard. Isaiah Michener, 
