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a short time by hot fermentations and stimulating liniment, 
and the penis is gradually becoming more and more straight, 
and will, we believe, become so in a short time. It is our 
idea that the rupture involved the dense fibrous cylinder 
around the left cavernous body, with also a partial oblique 
rupture of the same. The form of this gap in the fibrous 
sheath and cavernous body when engorged with blood is 
wedge-shaped, and hence causes a flexion of the organ to the 
right. 
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TWO CASES OF TETANUS IN SWINE. 
By M. Claverie. 
Traumatic Tetanus.— A pig exhibited the following 
symptoms: abdomen greatly enlarged, tense, and very pain¬ 
ful ; loins rigid and arched; occasional spasms, with—at com¬ 
paratively frequent intervals—the expulsion of a very few 
drops of urine ;,eye dull; head erected and extended on the 
neck. The legs were very stiff, and were kept apart. Move¬ 
ment, which was verv difficult, was accompanied by a painful 
cry. T wo days previously he had exhibited tetanic symptoms, 
with difficulty of urination and defecation—he had been cas¬ 
trated about twelve days before. The animal died three days 
after the appearance of the symptoms which have been de¬ 
scribed. Nothing unusual was found at the post mortem, ex¬ 
cept that the bladder was largely distended with muddy 
urine, containing a large amount of mucus, and that the mu¬ 
cous membrane showed spots of a purplish red discoloration. 
Idiopathic Tetanus. —The second case occurred in the 
practice of the author a short time after the first, and afforded 
evidence of the comparatively not infrequent existence of the 
disease amongst swine. The symptoms were very similar to 
those which were present in the first case, the disease termin¬ 
ating in the same manner and in about the same length of 
time. No traumatism of any kind could be traced in this case 
as a producing cause, and the closest investigation failed, the 
author says, to justify the accusation of an equine origin for 
the trouble .—Revue Veter . 
