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EXTRACTS FROM FOREIGN JOURNALS 
COMPLICATIONS OF ACTUAL CAUTERIZATION BY THE APPLICATION 
OF BICHROMATE OF POTASH OINTMENT. 
By the Same. 
The subject was lame on one of his hind legs, and was fired 
in lines on the tendon and canon of that leg. The effects of 
the cauterization appearing too light, a friction of ointment of 
bichromate of potash was applied. 
The first result was a severe swelling of the leg. Then the 
fired surface became inflamed and extensive vegetations began 
to appear, and increased in such a way that in a short time two 
enormous tumors existed. Situated one on each side of the 
leg, these growths were hemispherical, somewhat regular and 
smooth on their surface, though slightly bleeding to the touch, 
painless, very hard, fibrous like and surrounded at their bases 
by several smaller ones. 
The animal was destroyed for economy sake, but the danger 
of such application is nevertheless well exhibited.— Ibid. 
TRACHEOTOMY IN TPIE TREATMENT OF NASAL HAEMORRHAGE. 
By M. Soucail. 
This case is that of a heavy draught horse, which, in falling 
while in the shaft of a heavy truck, severely injured himself 
about the head and had a profuse haemorrhage from the nostrils 
which threatened to be fatal if not stopped at an early moment. 
This haemorrhage is due to laceration of the external maxillary 
artery, of the superior dental and of the nasal artery. 
Leaving this last stopped by itself, the facial is ligatured 
but the superior dental cannot be secured, and plugging of the 
wound is applied. As this fails, other means are employed, 
such as cold water, bandages and so on, but all without avail. 
Having observed that the haemorrhage has increased at the 
time of expiration, the author decides to prevent the respiration 
through the nasal cavities and had recourse to the operation of 
tracheotomy to prevent it. This is followed by a sudden arrest 
in the haemorrhage. The lesions of the face secured proper at¬ 
tention, and recovered in due time.— Ibid. 
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