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drawn together and the silk tied. The wound healed well, 
and to a casual observer the animal simply appears to be 
wall-eyed.— Ibid. 
PUNCTURE OF THE COLON THROUGH THE RECTUM. 
By Me. Imminger. 
Five hours after her evening meal, a mare eighteen years 
old was taken with colic and tympanitis. She had eaten 
green clover in the afternoon. The intestines were full of 
gas, and the pelvic curvature of the colon was distended and 
pushed in the pelvis. By puncturing the ccecum, the tym¬ 
panitis had disappeared entirely ; yet a rectal examination 
proved that the colon was still largely distended. The ani¬ 
mal was then well rubbed and walked, and received ten cen¬ 
tigrams of eserine. The next day the tympanitic condition 
had returned, and another coecal puncture was made, and 
still the colon was distended, and it was then that the punc¬ 
ture of that organ through the rectum was decided upon. 
The rectum being disinfected with a solution of bichloride of 
mercury, the author introduced one hand into its cavity, 
while with the other he guided a trocar, the point of which 
was guarded with a cork. The place of puncture once se¬ 
cured, the operation was completed. It was followed by 
another escape of gas, and a new injection of eserine was fol¬ 
lowed by recovery two hours later.— Wochenschrift fur Thier- 
heilkunde. 
CONTINUED IRRIGATION IN DISEASES OF THE WITHERS. 
By Mr. C. Haase. 
A gelding, five years old, had in front of the withers, on 
the left side, a painful swelling, in the center of which was a 
small wound, which discharged a large amount of thin, gru- 
mous pus. This wound formed the opening of a fistulous 
tract, running obliquely downward and forward, in a direc¬ 
tion parallel to the second dorsal vertebras. 
The tumor was opened by two large crucial incisions, and 
the following treatment adopted: repeated washings with 
warm water, and injections of two per cent, phenic solution, 
made as often as possible. 
