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that pilocarpine is not only useless in the treatment of lock¬ 
jaw, but is, in fact, injurious and dangerous. The sur-excita- 
tiqn which accompanies the ptyalism, the efforts for defeca¬ 
tion, and the pulmonary complications following, suggest the 
objections to its use. And again its contra-indication is ren¬ 
dered evident,, as hastening the termination, by the fact that 
immediately after its administration the patient begins to sali¬ 
vate, to perspire and to defecate, while its respiration becomes 
accelerated and anxious, and one or two hours later he falls 
down to rise no more.— Monat. f. Prakt. Thierh. 
ENORMOUS YARICE OF THE SPUR VEIN. 
By Ed. Deblock. 
For two years past a horse had carried on the back of the 
left spur vein a varicose tumor, about the girth. It was then 
of the size of a nut, fluctuating and disappearing with a slight 
pressure of the hand. Of late it had enlarged, until it had 
become of the size of a child’s head. Below the tumor the 
skin was thinned, and ulceration was threatening. An open¬ 
ing, made with a fleam in the most dependent part of the 
growth, was followed by the escape of a stream of blood more 
abundant than that which is usually obtained by a similar one 
made at the jugular. The opening was closed with two fine 
sutures, the object being to obtain the obliteration of the vein 
and of the varice by the formation of a large clot of blood. 
This was realized, and the next day the soft and fluctuating 
tumor was replaced by a hard, painful and cedematous swell¬ 
ing. By local friction and other applications, this soon as¬ 
sumed the character of a multilocular abscess, which ulcerated, 
discharged and healed, leaving, after a month, only a small 
fibrous and painless induration, of the size of a pigeon’s egg.— 
Am. de Med. Vet. Belg. 
CONSTIPATION OF THE HORSE. 
By A. Copette. 
For five days a pony had been suffering with obstinate 
constipation, which had continued refractory to all forms of 
treatment. The author prescribed sulph. of strychnia, 25 
