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PERITONEAL RESISTANCE IN THE DOG. 
By C. E. Clayton, D.V.S., Bridgeport, Ct. 
The 17th of this month I spayed a spaniel bitch, did it the 
best I could, and didn’t see her again till the following Wednes¬ 
day. The wound was united perfectly, and told the owner to 
keep bandage on. Saw owner Saturday following and advised 
him to keep bandage on for two or three days longer, but he 
took it off the next day and didn’t wash her. To allay itching, 
she tore it open, and when I. saw her there was about one foot 
of intestines hanging out, and the outer coat bitten. Washed 
them thoroughly with warm creolin water, and sewed up again. 
Saw her this Thursday past, and it was all healed again. To 
me, a young practitioner, this effect of antiseptic and of perito¬ 
neal resistance, even in a dog, is somewhat wonderful. 
EXTRACTS FROM GERMAN PAPERS. 
By Richard Middleton, D.V.S., Philadelphia, Pa. 
TUBERCULOSIS IN SMALL ANIMALS. 
In the eight years embraced between 1886 to 1893, the 
Berlin hospital for the small domestic animals (connected with 
the Veterinary College) treated 40,000 patients. 
Among these tuberculosis was proven 281 times; a confirma¬ 
tion intra-vitam was, until the introduction of tuberculin, ex¬ 
ceeding unreliable and difficult. In general this affection was 
seldom found in the dog, more frequent in the feline species and 
most common in birds, the parrot seeming most to suffer its 
deadly termination. 
From among 625*000 sfck dogs, phthisis was proven 27 times 
—0.04%. Out of 615 cats, 6 had the affection; these were in 
the last two years, and were discovered with the aid of tuber¬ 
culin. In striking contrast to these figures we ascertain the 
mortality of the parrot to be 170 out of a total of 700 sick 25/0* 
In other localities, the occurrence of the disease in canidae is 
more frequent. Jensen, Copenhagen, records 28 cases in a veiy 
short time; Cadiot found, between 1891 and 1893, out of 900 
