ABSTRACTS FROM EXCHANGES. 
ENGLISH REVIEW. 
By Prof. A. Liautard, M.D., V.M. 
Two Cases of Fracture of the First Rib [Major W. A. 
McDoaga.il, A.V.C.]. —i. A five-year-old mare, driven in double 
harness, stumbled and immediately afterwards was on three 
legs. She is unable to walk and is brought home in an ambu¬ 
lance. Lame on the off foreleg, the toe only touching the ground 
and no weight put on the leg is her appearance. Nothing ab¬ 
normal is observed about the leg except pain on pressure about 
the shoulder. When made to move, the mare brings the leg 
forward, but when any weight was put on it she sank down 
until the sternum almost touched the ground, with the leg pushed 
out in front, remaining in that position for a few seconds until 
she recovers herself on the other legs. After two weeks of treat¬ 
ment she was destroyed. A fracture of the first rib on the off 
side about two inches from the vertebrae was found at post 
mortem. 
2. Incomplete history of a six-year-old mare which was 
found lying injured on the near side. On account of her great 
sufferings she was destroyed the following day. Post mortem 
revealed chronic osteitis of the lower end of the first rib, with 
the sternal articulation involved. Also transversal fracture of 
that rib of recent formation.— {Veter. Record.) 
Polypus in Frontal Sinus [K . Kylasamier , G.B.V.C.\ — 
Aged gray horse, good saddler, had a little trickling of blood 
from the left nostril. This increased in quantity and, notwith¬ 
standing two weeks’ rest, it rather increased. The horse was 
treated by an empiric for about four months without relief. Then 
the writer came in. The horse showed small clots and streaks 
of blood, dark in color, collecting and falling in drops from the 
left nostril. The breathing of the animal is a little labored and 
accompanied by a harsh sound. There was a slight bulging over 
the frontal sinus on the left side and a dull sound given on per¬ 
cussion. A polypus or some vascular growth was diagnosed 
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