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EXTRACTS FROM FOREIGN JOURNALS. 
in the mass of the bloody clots of the stomach in the form of 
a nail about three inches long, bent in the middle at about a 
right angle. — Repert. Vet. San. Police. 
FRACTURE OF THE LARGE SESAMOIDS. 
By Me. Sohoneok. 
During exercise on ice, while being driven at rapid trot, a 
mare stumbled suddenly and so severely that she was with 
great difficulty prevented from falling, and on recovering her 
feet she was found to be lame on both fore legs, to such an 
extent as to be quite unable to move a single step. She pre¬ 
sented the following symptoms: The posterior legs were car¬ 
ried well under the body ; on the left fore leg the fetlock had 
dropped down to such extent that the coronet formed a right 
angle with the cannon ; both fetlocks were swollen and very 
painful, principally on the back; on the left side under the 
skin, a small piece of loose bone was detected ; the perfora- 
tus tendon was relaxed and painful to the touch ; the per- 
forans and the suspensory ligaments were intact. A diagnosis 
of fracture of the sesamoids was confirmed at the post mor¬ 
tem, the animal being immediately destroyed .—Berlin Thier 
Woe hen. 
EXTIRPATION OF THE OCULAR GLOBE. 
By Mr. W. C. Shimmel. 
In cases of exophthalmy in dogs, the globe of the eye 
sometimes assumes enormous proportions, either because of 
having been directly injured by the traumatic cause or under 
the simple influence of other surrounding irritating causes. 
In these cases reduction becomes impossible, and the only 
remedy is the removal of the globe. The author remarks 
that the complete extirpation of the eye is liable to the objec¬ 
tion of leaving a large vacuum in the orbit, which is accom¬ 
panied by a well marked and homely looking dropping of the 
lids. To obviate this, he preserves the posterior part of the 
capsule, removing only the anterior portion of the sclerotic. 
This simple operation is never complicated with sympathetic 
