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EXTRACTS FROM FOREIGN JOURNALS. 
suiting from injuries to the excretory canal of the gland, and of 
all the substances which have proved most advantageous none 
have been found more useful in its applications than the pure 
tincture of iodine. The Revue Yeterinaire of Toulouse reports 
two cases in which fistulas were thus treated with excellent re¬ 
sults, though with different phenomena: 
1. M. Delamotte records the first case. It is that of a fis¬ 
tula of the left side, resulting from the cauterization of a sarco¬ 
matous tumor of the cheek with arsenious acid. Into the open 
mouth of the duct, 60 gramms (about two ounces) of pure tincture 
of iodine were slowly injected in such a way that the injection 
could reach not only the canal and its affluents, but also the acini 
themselves. A few hours afterwards, the parotid was quite 
swollen. A large oedematous swelling appeared, extending from 
the poll, the base of the ear, and the eye, upwards, down into the 
jugular groove. While the animal was eating, there was no 
escape of saliva from the fistula’s opening, but a peculiar roaring 
and double expiration at the flank were noticeable. The swell¬ 
ing of the glands subsequently subsided, and excepting the forma¬ 
tion of two small abscesses, which healed readily after being 
opened, no complication was observed and complete recovery took 
place in twenty-three days, but with the result of the complete de¬ 
struction of the parotid secretion. 
2. In a second case Professor Labat, of Lyons, injected the 
pure tincture of iodine into the Stenon duct of an animal which 
had been suffering with epithelial growth of the face, which had 
been treated by caustics, and by which treatment a large slough¬ 
ing surface had been exposed. Two hours after the injection, 
the parotid region began to swell, and the next day the enlarge¬ 
ment extended all over the gland into the maxillary space over 
the masseterine region and somewhat down the neck. This, how¬ 
ever, soon began to subside, and towards the sixth day had en¬ 
tirely disappeared. The fistula, however, was entirely closed, 
and on the fourteenth day the recovery was complete. 
ANTISEPTIC WADDING. 
In a series of articles, Mr. Ray considers the advantages that 
will result in veterinary practice from the use of the ordinary or 
