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EXTRACTS FROM EXCHANGES. 
chloral, I add one ounce dose every hour for the first twenty- 
four hours and then every two hours for the next twelve 
hours, of the following mixture: Extract Buchu, Extract 
Juniperis and Ammonia Acetatis, equal parts.— Jour. Comp. 
Med. 
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HYOVERTEBROTOMY. 
In the March issue of the Journal of Comparative Medicine, 
Dr. W. Dougherty mentions the result he has obtained in a 
number of cases of suppuration of the guttural pouches by 
puncture of these through the parotid glands. The name of 
hyovertebrotomy is scarcely applicable to this mode of empty¬ 
ing the guttural pouches, as it principally refers to the open¬ 
ing of the sacs from above. The author has been successful in 
all the cases he operated upon but two. 
IMMOBILITY FOLLOWING INFLUENZA—RECOVERY. 
An interesting case is mentioned by Dr. W. Horace Hos¬ 
kins of the recovery of brain trouble giving rise to well de¬ 
scribed symptoms of immobility as sequelae of influenza, 
which were relieved by the administration of laxatives. One 
ounce doses of artificial Carlsbad salts with dram doses of 
powdered rhubarb, every four hours, brought on noticeable 
improvement in twenty-four hours and recovery in a few 
days.— Ibid. 
ENGLISH REVIEW. 
CONSTIPATION IN A LION CUB. 
This case, recorded by Mr. J. A. Nunn, of the Lahore 
Veterinary College, is very interesting, illustrating as it does 
the effects of confinement even in wild animals, and some¬ 
times the constant requirements of laxatives to overcome 
them. A lion cub had been tamed and kept until he became 
too rough in his play, when he was given to the Lahore Zoo¬ 
logical Garden. There, in a roomy cage, he soon, however, 
manifested indications of intestinal ailment. “ He was dull, 
disinclined to move, had lost his appetite, the abdomen was 
distended, hard, and somewhat tender on manipulation, the 
