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FOREIGN BODY IN THE STOMACH OF A STEER- 
EXIT THROUGH THE THORAX. 
By M. A. Bau. 
This case is interesting from its own peculiarity, from the 
result which followed, and from the length of time during 
which a bulky foreign body could remain in the thorax with¬ 
out giving rise to serious troubles. The patient was contin¬ 
ually moaning, principally when at work or very tired, and 
nothing else abnormal being very noticeable, he had been 
subjected to a variety of experimental modes of treatment, in¬ 
cluding bleeding, mucilaginous injections, mustard on the 
chest, and opiates in drenches, without any apparently favor¬ 
able results. One morning a swelling was detected in the 
lower part of the chest, in the form of a flattened, elongated, 
hard and quite painful tumor. An application of blistering 
ointment was made and rubbed in, but the swelling continued 
to grow, until at last fluctuation was detected at one point. 
It was then freely opened, and about a quart of brown-colored 
purulent serosity, of an exceedingly offensive odor, made its 
escape. The cavity was thoroughly washed and disinfected, 
but the swelling remained and showed but little change. 
A few days later another fluctuating spot was discovered, 
which, when it was punctured, was found to contain a large 
piece of iron, about ten inches in length, black and curved in 
form, and probably the tooth of a rake. From the moment this 
was extracted, the moaning of the animal ceased and a rapid 
recovery followed. It was somewhat later that an important 
point in the history of the case was learned, in the fact that 
this exhibition of symptoms in the suffering animal had existed 
at least a year, a circumstance which justifies the supposition 
that it had taken the same length of time for this foreign body 
to travel on its way out of the abdomen through the thorax. 
—Revue Veter. 
ANASARCA IN A CALF—EMBRYOTOMY—RECOVERY. 
By M. Lamotjreux. 
This is an interesting case, in which it was estimated that 
following the division in utero of the foetus and accompanying 
