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Arloing expected to find the bacillus septicus, but found only 
fine bacilli of varying dimensions, some being isolated and some in 
masses, without spores, and differing from the bacillus of gaseous 
septicaemia by its mode of development. Inoculation with the 
fluid obtained is fatal to rats and guinea-pigs, but is without effect 
on rabbits and dogs. Cultures in bouillon and gelatine are 
formed, both in the presence and the absence of air, and in its 
growth the bacillus assumes the form of little tufts. It does not 
produce the fermentation of albuminoids .—Revue des Sci¬ 
ences Med. 
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APOPLECTIC CEREBRAL SHOCK IN A HORSE. RUPTURE OF THE 
RACHIDIAN BULB. 
By M. L. Magnin. 
A clinical lecture by Director Nocard, published as long ago 
as 1882, being almost the only recorded notice or accessible pub¬ 
lication on this subject, the author has thought that the following 
further mention would be found to contain some points of more 
or less interest to the veterinarian reader. 
A nervous horse, being quite severely punished while at work, 
broke loose and ran away, and after a run of about two hundred 
yards fell headlong, striking heavily against a wall, death being 
instantaneous. He was found lying in the left sterno-costal posi¬ 
tion, his legs bent under his body, and his head bend under the 
neck. 
At the post mortem there were a few ecchymotic spots, prin¬ 
cipally on the left side. The external occipital protuberance on 
the left was loosened from the principal part of the body, but 
that was the only bony lesion found. No fracture could be de¬ 
tected. The encephalic mass was then carefully removed. The 
meninges were perfect, and there were no congestions, either ex¬ 
ternally or internally. Neither the cerebrum or the cerebellum 
offered anything peculiar. 
The isthmus at first seemed normal, but careful examination 
