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Then, in a new series of experiments, he succeeded in find¬ 
ing that, either with pathogenous germs, such as the microbe of 
anthrax, or with the saprophytes, such as the pyocyanic bacil¬ 
lus, one could, one half hour after the infection of the wound, 
find the germs in the principal internal organs such as the 
liver, heart or kidneys. The pyocyanic bacillus takes less 
than five minutes to reach from the wound to the internal 
organs. 
These facts explain the uselessness of amputation after 
carbuncular infection in rats, and besides they agree with 
what is already known of the rapidity of motion of fatty em- 
bolics which require less than five minutes to reach from the 
medullary cavity ol a bone to the heart or the lungs.— Ibid. 
THERAPEUTIC REVIEW, 
LOCAL TREATMENT OF ACTINOMYCOSIS. 
In the Wochenschrift fur Thierheilkunde , Mr. Gruen recom¬ 
mends in the local treatment of actinomycotic tumors the in¬ 
jections of the solution of Lugol, made with iodine crystall. i 
part, iodide of potassium 5, distilled water 100. With a 
syringe of Lavay, 100 or 200 grammes are injected once in 
various parts of growth and repeated once or twice a few 
days later. 
PHLEGMONOUS METRITIS OF COWS. 
Wegered recommends the use of the solution of Lugol in¬ 
ternally or in intra-uterine injections, especially these last^ 
made by the veterinarian, who must only be certain that the 
fluid is properly introduced in the uterus, and not in the 
vagina. 
ANTI-MILKING EFFECTS OF BELLADONNA. 
Plasters or frictions of belladonna ointment made upon 
the mammae of females upon which the milky secretion is too 
abundant or is to be stopped, have proved very beneficial. 
They are also recommended in cases of mammitis, especially 
where it is threatening suppuration. 
