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unaccompanied by any sound indicative of pulmonary disease. 
Temperature, 99.5 0 F.; feces and urine normal. We diag¬ 
nosed the case to be one of anaemia. The horse died the next 
day. 
Post-mortem showed paleness of the general muscular 
system ; in the cavity of the abdomen an immense blood clot, 
but no alterations. As the cause of this hemorrhage a defor¬ 
mation of the third dorsal vertebra was recorded. Right 
and left upon the body of this member of the spinal column, 
a considerable exostosis had grown, in such a manner as to 
almost completely envelop the posterior aorta in an annular 
growth. This deposition was of a very bony nature, possess¬ 
ing an interior of porosities similar to ordinary cancellated 
tissue, and an exterior not unlike a mulberry calculus. The 
aorta had apparently been abraded and pierced by the rough¬ 
ness of this osseous band, for several small apertures were ex¬ 
posed, from which, no doubt, intravitam, blood continually 
sscaped. 
From the various strata, of different colors, to be distin¬ 
guished upon the transverse section of the coagulated mass, 
nne would be led to suppose that this escape had been spread 
aver an extended period of time.— Badischc Thicrarztl. Mitth. 
CREOLIN THERAPY IN SCAB. 
We were notified shortly that in the district of Homberg, 
which comes under our supervision, there were two herds of 
>heep supposed to be afflicted with scab. As a result of the 
eareful investigation at that time undertaken, we found the 
mimals suffering not alone from dermatocoptes communis, 
aut also from sarcoptes squamiferous, which latter had gained 
1 hold upon half the lambs. The disease involved the lips, 
*idge of the nose, and ears; it was thickly spread over these 
'espective regions, especially the latter, which were stiff and 
lard from the agglomeration of serum and desquamated 
epithelium. Both flocks contained the scab to such an extent 
—more than ten per cent.—that it was deemed advisable to 
Dathe the whole. This was left to us. During the first eight 
