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glanderous horses.” In this observation the reaction with tu- 
berculine was far superior to two injections of malleine of differ¬ 
ent origin, and the post-mortem confirmed their effects by the 
presence of extensive lesions of glanders in the lungs. 
Such, gentlemen, is the result of my observations with mal¬ 
leine ; they are very incomplete, it is true, but, nevertheless, 
I hope that they may prove for you of some interest, and that 
they may be of some value. Since the first days when it was 
admitted in the domain of veterinary pathology I have closely 
watched the literature on the subject, and patiently followed the 
numerous writings published upon it, I have experimented in 
the limit of my professional resources, and as much as I could, 
and it is with faith in the results obtained that, with Mr. Nocard, 
I can say that I have the strong conviction that, as in Europe, 
a day will come when malleine shall be admitted in the daily 
practice of the veterinarians of the new World as it has with 
our collegues of Europe, and that here, as over there, it will 
render such services and be of such value that no veterinarian 
will remain indifferent to its use. 
(To be Continued.) 
REPORTS OF CASES. 
A COMPLICATED CASE—DISTOKIA—CALCULUS OF THE RUMEN. 
By G. T. Goubeaud, D.V.S., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
The following is the report of a rather unique case which 
occurred during the course of the writer’s practice. I have never 
heard or read of one like it, and therefore think it of interest to 
the members of the veterinary profession. I will relate an inci¬ 
dent in the same case which may throw some light upon the 
succeeding condition of the patient. On the 16th of June I was 
called to see a case of difficult parturition in a valuable Jersey 
cow, the property of Mr. L., living in one of the suburbs of the 
city. He had attempted to deliver her himself and failed, say¬ 
ing the head was turned and that he could not straighten it. He 
