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EXTRACTS FROM GERMAN PAPERS. 
was unable to rise, and upon our arrival two hours later we were 
unable to induce movement of the posterior extremities, even by 
use of the sling. 
Manipulation determined the cause to be dislocation of the 
femur, with the head of the same inferior to the acetabulum. 
In both instances our attempts at replacement were futile; we 
applied chloroform and external taxis in the case of the bull, 
but without the desired result. The animals were slaughtered, 
and their meat utilized;, pelvic fracture was not present.— B. T . 
Wock. ii, ’pj. 
Citrulline AS Purgative. —According to Archiv.f. wiss. 
u. prakt. Th . Baum has just concluded experiments upon the 
application of citrulline or colocynthin as a purgative agent; his 
results confirm those of Ellenberg. Kohlstock had previously 
used this medicine in clysters, and records the fact hat subtcuta- 
neous injections are not advisable, from their painful character. 
Baum administers the agent to all the domestic animals as a 
clyster. He gives to horses a mixture of i to 15 gr. of citrul¬ 
line in 6 ounces of alcohol and glycerine; This occasions a 
prompt movement. The action is more severe when divided 
into four parts and one part given every half hour. In swine we 
have in this remedy a safe and sure purgative in 1-15 gr. doses, 
and here it is also associated with glycerine and alcohol. Dogs 
take 1-20 gr. Sheep seem to resist its action longer than any of 
the common animals. 
LORETIN. —This agent, discovered by Prof. Klauss of Friecl- 
berg, is intended as a substitute for iodoform, for which so many 
medicines have already been placed upon the market. Previous 
experiments by Dr. Augerburg have proven the absence of any 
toxic character. The author dusted the powder upon a wound 
that had been discharging for three weeks; the injury was fully 
the size of one’s palm, and healed perfectly in four weeks. 
After this the powder was used by Fengling in several 
wounds, and its good results confirmed. In parasitic skin 
diseases dusting the powder over the affected patches, after 
