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sure, setons, deep cauterization, iodine injections, electro¬ 
puncture, etc. 
The author recommends a treatment which, in twenty- 
five cases of various degrees of gravity, has been followed by 
rapid recovery after a duration of twenty days. The first in¬ 
dication is to puncture the cyst in the most dependent part, 
and to thoroughly evacuate its contents ; then to fill the cav¬ 
ity well with oakum soaked in a concentrated alcoholic solu¬ 
tion of bichloride of mercury (four grammes of bichloride to 
one hundred grammes of alcohol). The oakum is left in place 
for from twenty-four to forty-eight hours, and then removed. 
A severe inflammation is then established in the walls of the 
cyst, which rapidly brings on their adhesion and cicatriza¬ 
tion. This treatment, short and certain, is based on the same 
principle as that by irritating injections .—Repertoire de Pol. 
San. Vet. 
TREATMENT OF UMBILICAL HERNIA BY LUTON’S METHOD. 
By Me. Lenormatjd. 
This consists in the subcutaneous injection of a saturated 
solution of common salt, carefully filtered when cool. A colt 
having a large hernia was treated in this way, by the intro¬ 
duction of half of a syringe of Pravaz on each side of the her¬ 
nial sac. After the injection a bandage was applied. The 
next day there was a large swelling under the abdomen, and 
extending under the chest, which began to diminish after a 
few days. The recovery was complete and radical in a 
month .—Presse Veter in. 
PROLAPSUS AND LACERATION OF THE VAGINA IN A MARE 
—EVENTRATION—RECOVERY. 
By Mr. Audard. 
A mare which had been delivered some fifteen days pre¬ 
vious was suffering with prolapsus of the vagina. Before 
delivery and during the last months of gestation she exhibited 
the same condition, but it disappeared every time sponta¬ 
neously. On this last occasion she was in pain ; dull and mak¬ 
ing violent expulsive efforts. Between the lips of the vulva 
appeared a cylindrical tumor, of a red color and the size of a 
