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gramms of cocaine, the operation being repeated three times at 
intervals of twelve hours. 
Two days later, the stiffness of the neck having so far dimin¬ 
ished that lateral motion was easily performed, the cocaine was 
discontinued and was followed by alternate hypodermic injections 
of curare and of pilocarpine, with the administration of chloral 
per mouth. Complete recovery soon followed.— Clinica Veter- 
inaria. 
CASE OF ANURIA FROM RENAL CALCULUS, FOLLOWED BY DEATH. 
By G. Cappklleti. 
The patient in this case was a mare, 14 or 15 years old. She 
had been subject to repeated attacks of colics, especially after 
working, but they had usually been relieved by warm emollient 
fomentations and stimulating frictions over the loins. 
The symptoms of the case were : Slight intermittent pains, 
followed by intervals of quiet, and apparent relief; but there was 
an absence of urination for twenty-four hours. Vesical and rectal 
exploration, with abdominal palpation, were negative of results. 
During two days symptoms of cerebral congestion were present, 
of indefinite continuance, and throughout that period there was 
still an entire absence of micturition and defecation, although the 
bowels were stimulated by active cathartics. Respiration had re¬ 
mained slow (7 to 8 per minute); the pulsation was 50 ; temper¬ 
ature 37.5°. Benzoic acid, in gramme doses, was given 
hourly, accompanied by a purgative of castor and croton oils. A 
few drops of purulent urine were passed during the night. 
On the eighth day she passed into a comatose condition, had 
a foetid diarrhoea, and on the ninth day the symptoms of uremia 
began to be more manifest. On the tenth day she died. 
At the post-mortem the kidneys seemed normal externally, 
but being cut into, in their thickness, two calculi were found in 
the pelves of these organs. That in the right side weighed 20 
grammes 7; that in the left, 24 grammes 45. They were elon¬ 
gated, cylindrical, smooth at one end, enlarged at the other, and 
reddish in color. Both were engaged in the ureters, and thus 
effectually obstructed the escape of the urine.— Clinica Veter- 
mama. 
