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eczema, but when the skin was cleaned and the hair cut off, a 
different diagnosis was easily made. 
At the inferior border of the parotid region a small opening 
appeared, from which, drop by drop, a transparent, somewhat 
sticky fluid was escaping; it was the saliva. The case was one 
of the salivary fistula of Warthon. 
Having previously obtained good results from the use of pure 
liquid phemc acid in the treatment of synovial fistula, the author 
decided to employ the same treatment in this case, and with a 
directory introduced a few drops of the acid through the open 
month of the canal. The result was very satisfactoiy, the flow 
having stopped on the day following, by an oedematous swelling 
around the opening. The appetite of the animal did not seem to 
have been interfered with. Three days later the dog was en¬ 
tirely cured .—Becueil de Med. Vet. 
A CASE OF URETHRAL FISTULA IN THE DOG, AFTER THE AMPU¬ 
TATION OF THE PENIS. 
By M. Moussu. 
Excited by the presenceo f a bitch in heat, a dog, heating, copu¬ 
lated with her and becoming attached to her in the usual way,' 
the owner of the female, maddened by the act of the dog, separ¬ 
ated them by a blow of a scythe. The punishment of this ama¬ 
tory transgression was terrible for the poor dog. Bleeding pro¬ 
fusely and suffering excessively, he ran to his home, and Mr. 
Moussu was immediately called. When he arrived the dog was 
much weakened and prostrated, and death by haemorrhage seemed 
rapidly approaching. No indication presenting itself except that 
of stopping the haemorrhage, this was done, and the animal made 
a comparatively good recovery, as he lived some five years longer. 
When the post-mortem was made, no external appearances 
revealed the mutilation he had suffered ; but a complete dissec¬ 
tion showed that the penis represented only a stump, about two 
centimetres in length, rounded at its end and without any urethral 
opening; but the perineal region, a little above the ischiatic 
arch, showed a urethral fistula, entirely concealed by the hair. 
At first, while the animal was still suffering, he had submitted 
to treatment, but after a few days, when he began to improve, he 
