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cle. This was also opened, and in cleaning - it out a spear of 
timothy hay was found in the duct with the head lodged in 
the opening in the cheek. 
The horse went ten days without eating any solid food* 
but would drink hay tea. Before the abscesses were opened 
he developed a sudden lameness in his left hind leg, which 
soon disappeared to reappear in a very marked degree in his 
right front leg. The latter remained until the abscess 
healed, when it disappeared altogether. 
Indications. In case of parotid abscess the duct of Stenon 
ought to be carefully examined, in and out of the mouth. 
TRIPLE DYSTOKIA IN COW. , 
By John Minchin, V.S., Goshen, N. Y. 
Was called on the night of Sept. 3, to see a cow that was 
in labor all day, but could make no progress, etc. Found the 
animal in a very exhaustive state, and straining violently. 
Genital organs highly inflamed, caused per empirical man¬ 
ipulations. On my attempt to explore found I could not 
satisfactorily on account of great “ tenesmus, which 
called for narcotics to subdue. Administered sulph. ether, 
3 iiii, which had the desired effect, and after a few minutes 
found an anterior presentation with fore legs fixed under the 
body of foetus. 
On account of much genital inflammation it took just forty 
minutes to get the first triplet, which of course was asphyxia¬ 
ted, as was the whole three. My next discovery was a poste¬ 
rior presentation, hind legs fixed under body also. But, 
having more room, the extraction of No. 2 was a little more 
easy. After douching the patient over the head, etc., gave 
half pint of good spirits, had supper, and got ready to leave. 
But as I always take a look at patient ere leaving, this time 
was no exception to my rule. 
On entering stable found more tenesmus, which was evi¬ 
dent there was more trouble, which I reported to owner, 
who pooh-poohed, saying who ever heard of such a thing. 
Nevertheless, I made the examination, and to my surprise 
