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regularly, but the hinder, especially the right, seeming paralyzed. 
Venesection, practiced at the jugular, brought at first a flow of 
very dark blood, which escaped slowly, and soon ceased sponta¬ 
neously, almost completely. Opening the caudal or saphena 
blood-vessels gave no better result. Lying down, the animal 
struggled, without great force ; the skin was covered with cold 
sweat; the mucous membranes were highly congested, and of a 
dark wine color ; the pulse scarcely perceptible ; the artery small 
and soft; respiration deep and accelerating ; temperature, 36° C.; 
paralysis rapidly progressing. Death occurred in the evening, 
about ten hours after the appearance of the first symptoms, not¬ 
withstanding the attempt at treatment, which consisted of strong 
dry frictions, with irritating and blistering applications, and in¬ 
jections of bromide of potassium, increased from one drachm to 
one ounce every two hours. 
At the post-mortem the organs of the thoracic cavity were 
comparatively normal, but on opening the abdominal cavity a 
large bluish mass made its appearance. It was the spleen, in 
form about the same as in the normal state. The posterior bor¬ 
der was thickened ; the anterior presented a deep groove, where 
the blood-vessels and nerves are lodged, and the point was con¬ 
siderably thickened. The whole organ weighed forty-twopounds. 
Cutting in various directions revealed no trace of inflammation; 
there was no abscess, no cysts, no parasites. All the other or¬ 
gans were healthy. 
The author asks if this hypertrophy took place suddenly, 
when the animal presented the first symptoms, or if it was the 
effect of a gradual change. He inclines to the latter, because of 
the abnormal density of the tissue and its resistance to the edge 
of sharp instruments .—Recueil de Med. Vet. 
SALIVARY FISTULA OF WARTHON’S DUCT IN THE DOG. 
By M. Brissot. 
For three or four days the under-iaw of the dog was continu- 
ally moist, though notwithstanding the pain and the annoyance 
produced by the disease, he continued to eat well. Though the 
region had been well oiled, the hairs were sticky with the dis¬ 
charge. At first the animal seemed to be suffering with a local 
