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subglossal adenitis. Buccal examination with the electric light 
is negative. Mallein test gives no result. Deep ulcerated tumor 
in way of formation is suspected. On account of the condition 
of the animal she is destroyed. At the autopsy there was found 
a fracture of the right branch of the lower maxillary, running 
from about two or three centimetres from the origin of the 
posterior border upwards to a few centimetres back of the last 
molar. The two segments of bone are, besides the muscles, held 
in contact by a thick, fibrous membrane, which forms a true 
articular envelope, allowing, however, very slight lateral motions 
between them. It shows a small opening which allows communi¬ 
cation with the mouth. The bony surfaces are covered with 
grayish pus with bad odor, and some thin, necrosed splinters of 
bone. Hypertrophying osteitis lesions exist on both faces of the 
lower maxillary. Opposite the opening of the false articular 
membrane, the superior maxillary shows also a fracture of the 
pterygo-palatine crest. 
The history of the case was that the mare had run away while 
harnessed to an English cart several months previous, fallen, 
and suffered of only superficial apparent contusions about the 
body, limbs, vulva and perineum, and that she was able to resume 
her work after a week. It was only after a long time that her 
difficulty in eating had been observed.— (Revue Veter.) 
Fracture of the Left Forearm in a Horse [Mr. Rous¬ 
seau, Army Veterinarian ].—An eight-year-old horse receives a 
kick on the internal face of the left forearm. There is a small 
contused wound on the antero-internal face of the region, two 
centimetres above the radio-carpal joint. The horse is on three 
legs and the hot and painful region is covered with mer¬ 
curial blister ointment. It is not possible to obtain slings and 
the horse is placed in a double stall and tied up high to the hay¬ 
rack. The next day the condition is much improved, and after 
three days simple douches with wadding dressing are applied. 
During the night of the fourth day the animal backs suddenly 
from his stall, falls down and gets up only after violent efforts 
some fifteen minutes later. He has a fracture of both bones of 
the forearm. He is destroyed. At the post mortem a complete 
oblique fracture en bee de flute is found, the bones being sur¬ 
rounded by a large clot of blood. There were some splinters 
of bone loose. Close examination of the lower end of the radius 
shows an incomplete fracture manifested by two fissures running 
