EXTRACTS FROM GERMAN PAPERS. 
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In order to confirm the assertion that santonin was elimin¬ 
ated by the kidneys, a medium-sized dog was given seven and 
a half grains of santonin in some sugar. In three-quarters of 
an hour the urine showed an onion-red color, reaching its most 
chromatic effect in the purple hue after the lapse of three hours; 
in twenty-one hours the urine assumes again its normal color. 
The same animal was made to take santonin in ol. ricini, 
without, however, in any way influencing the elimination of 
urine. Santonin dissolves but imperfectly and slowly in oleagi¬ 
nous fluids. Therefore, when given in these, it should be 
thoroughly shaken previous to administering.— Bericht. des Vet. 
W. in Sachsen. 
HAIRS IN THE RUMEN OF A COW. 
On the 3d of September we were called to see a very sick 
calf. The animal could not support its own weight, and even 
in the recumbent position contrived to tremble in all its muscles. 
The umbilicus was swollen and inflamed, and besides a high 
fever, the patient also suffered from an obstinate constipation. 
We cleansed and disinfected the navel, making an injection 
in the same, and administered purgatives in various forms. 
Clysters yielded an exceedingly small quantity of bad-smelling 
feces, coated with more or less mucoid matter. On the third 
day, as we could distinguish no improvement, and as the subject 
was in good condition physically—being unusually strong and 
well-developed for its age—we advised slaughter. 
In the rumen a ball of hair, as large as a goose egg, was 
discovered. Beneath the latter the gastric papillae were in an 
advanced stage of inflammation, and much hypertrophied. The 
lymph glands along the alimentary canal were likewise in¬ 
flamed; in those to be found in the mesentery, blood clots were 
seated. The interior of the intestinal tract was discolored here 
and there by haemorrhagic diffusions. All the remaining organs 
were healthy, and the muscular substance in good condition; 
the flesh was put on sale for consumption.— Bert. Tli. Woch . 
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