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ABSTRACT FROM EXCHANGES. 
The reduction of these prolapsed organs was rather difficult. The 
ring was then sutured with catgut and then the muscles and out¬ 
side structures. No peritonitis or suppuration followed and re¬ 
covery was complete.— ( Vet Jo urn.) 
Irrigation of Joint Cavity [/. B. Collyer, M.R.C.VS .] — 
A chestnut gelding received a contused wound over the orbital 
arch and wing of the atlas. On the following day synovial dis¬ 
charge took place. Treated with oil of clover and zinc ointment 
it kept up for several days, when it then became purulent and 
mixed with blood. Probing revealed a pouch which was freely 
open and then irrigation of solution of tincture of iodine I in 20 
was injected twice a day. After some little time improvement 
set in in the flow of the synovial discharge, but while the con¬ 
dition was mending it was noticed that the movements of the 
jaws were limited and the lateral motion of the lower jaw also 
became difficult. The animal was then left to himself; turned out 
he was left to grass for some time and finally the motion of the 
jaws having resumed their freedom, the horse ate well, grew fat, 
and was sent to work. He had been laid up six months.— ( Vet. 
Record .) 
Early Use of the Knife in Parturition Cases in Mares 
[Alec McTurk, M.R.C.V.S .].—For the writer, the use of the 
knife in difficult cases of foaling ought to be resorted to “ with¬ 
out any hesitation if after ten or fifteen minutes’ work the foetus 
cannot be got into proper position.” The use of the block and 
pulleys, the barbarous method of yoking a horse to the foal, are 
gross cruelty and neither more nor less than murder of the un¬ 
fortunate mother. He then records a few cases of dystokia in 
which by the early amputation of one leg he has been" able to re¬ 
move foals comparatively easily and in all cases save the mare, 
the mother, which was a great satisfaction to the owner, and 
whose death would not have served to the reputation of the ac¬ 
coucheur. The average time taken to effect the delivery in the 
cases recorded was about one and a half hours. Recovery in all 
was uninterrupted, except in one case where a mild attack of 
laminitis developed. The writer does not advocate haphazard 
use of the knife, but believes that in many cases the mare dies 
when she could have been saved.— (Vet. Record.) 
Strangles With Post-Pharyngeal Abscess [C. C. H . 
JollifFe, F.R.C.V.S.]. —The history of protracted case which 
