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to rise without help, being placed on his feet with much 
difficulty. Suffering great pain, he was conveyed to his 
stable, where he remained until seen by the author the fol¬ 
lowing day. He was then standing well on his four legs with 
nothing at first sight to indicate that there was anything 
amiss with him. When called upon to move, however, loco¬ 
motion was found to be almost impossible, and when at¬ 
tempted, occasioned the greatest pain. The right hind leg 
remained at rest, stiff and inflexible, and when displaced was 
carried as if formed of a single bone, the foot dragging on the 
floor. Pressure on the hock, especially forward, also occa¬ 
sioned great pain. Though there was, apparently, no visible 
deformity, y^et on the inside a sharp and hard projection was 
observed, which greatly resembled the lower end of the tibia. 
Flexion at the hock was impossible, and when attempted, 
caused a faint, dry friction sound, but no crepitation. The 
• animal being considered incurable, was destroyed. At the 
post-mortem the external lateral ligaments were found irreg¬ 
ularly lacerated at their tibial attachments; the anterior cap¬ 
sular ligament was torn, and the tibia had been thrown in¬ 
ward, leaving the external groove of its lower end, and resting 
on the inner border of the trochlea of the astragalus; and no 
more after death than during life could the tibio-tarsal joint 
be flexed. There was no indication of fracture.— Journ. de 
Zootechnie . 
PILOCARPINE IN TETANUS. 
By Prof. Friedbeeger. 
After the good results reported by Dr. L. Casati, the 
learned professor of the Munich School, desirous to test the 
therapeutic value of pilocarpine, employed it in seven cases. 
Six of these died without having exhibited the slightest 
amelioration which could be traced to the use of pilocarpine, 
which, on the contrary, had seemed to hasten the end. Re¬ 
covery occurred in only one case, which was of a chronic 
nature, but a close watch of the manifestations of the patient 
failed to show anything which could be attributed to the use 
of the drug. Professor Friedberger consequently considers 
