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EXTRACTS FROM FRENCH JOURNALS. 
cost that colony millions of dollars. Preventive inoculation 
has been practiced there for years. Scabies in sheep was ob¬ 
served for the first time in 1862. Variola is so far unknown in 
Australia. Strict quarantine of various lengths of time are 
enforced for all animals before they are allowed the freedom of 
the island. The duration of this quarantine is 90 days for 
camels, 60 for bovines, 90 for sheep, 60 for other small rumin¬ 
ants, such as goats, deer, etc., and for dogs, six months. — Rev. 
Vet. 
TERPINE AND TERPINOL IN THE BRONCHITIS OF HORSE AND DOG. 
By Mr. Bissauge. 
The author recommends the use of these products in the 
treatment of bronchitis of animals in the presence of the results 
obtained in human medicine, where they have been used as a 
diaphoretic and diuretic. 
Mr. Bissauge reports a number of cases, twenty-one in 
horses and twenty-eight in dogs, where he has obtained thirty 
rapid and complete recoveries, seven were followed by partial 
success, and eight failed to obtain relief. 
The mixture used for dogs was made up of terpine, 3 
grammes, glycerine and diluted alcohol, of each 30 grammes, 
and of this a teaspoonful three times a day. For the horse, the 
terpine is mixed up with equal quantities of honey and flower. 
Terpinol can be used in the same manner.— Rec. de Med. 
Vet. 
DYSTOKIA BY PELVIC INJURY IN THE BITCH—LAPARO-HYSTEROTOMY— 
RECOVERY. 
By Mr. E. Menveux. 
The case is principally recorded to bring out the advantages 
of severe antiseptic measures in abdominal surgery. 
A bull-dog slut, in a state of advanced pregnancy, was 
seriously injured by the wheels of a moving van having run 
over her body. Alter the accident she exhibited such symptoms 
