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grammes of the same drug. In the third case, an attack of 
laminitis in the fore extremities, following broncho-laryngitis, 
was radically cured by only two injections of twenty-two cen¬ 
tigrammes of the pilocarpine. These cases were very won¬ 
derful in their results, and well deserve confirmation.— Er- 
colani . 
SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTIONS OF SPIRIT OF TURPENTINE. 
By Dr. Trinchkra. 
In order to confirm the results following the subcutaneous 
or intra-muscular injection of irritating liquids, which were 
said in many cases to be accompanied with suppuration, the 
author has performed a series of experiments, taking at the 
same time all the antiseptic precautions necessary to prevent 
the establishment of the suppurative process. The experi¬ 
ments were tried upon horses, because of the well-known pyo¬ 
genic predisposition of that animal. Injections of ten, fifteen, 
twenty, twenty-five, thirty, thirty-five and forty grammes of 
spirit of turpentine were made in the subcutaneous connec¬ 
tive tissue of the shoulder, and in the thickness of the mus¬ 
cles. There was in every case a well marked inflammatory 
swelling below the point of injection, but it was never followed 
by suppuration. 
Conclusions .—Spirit of turpentine can be administered by 
the skin with impunity, in as large a dose as forty grammes, 
so long as proper antiseptic precautions are observed. 
2d. But this medication is scarcely justifiable on account 
of the large inflammatory swelling which follows its use.— 
Clinica Veterinaria. 
TREATMENT OF ALL FORMS OF SEROUS CYSTS. 
By Mr. Chobatjd. 
Serous cysts are common in horses, and are observed in 
nearly all the regions of the body. The most common are 
those of the elbow (shoe boil), the hock, the anterior face of the 
fetlock, the knee, the internal face of the canon, the back, the 
loins, the withers and the thigh. The modesof treatment are 
numerous and varied, and in many instances unsuccessful. 
They include the douche, frictions, massage, punctures, pres- 
