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Renner, who had found at the post mortem as lesions of 
animals affected with springhalt, chronic inflammation of the 
great sciatic nerve. Then, reviewing the various treatments 
recommended, based upon pathological principles, such as the 
sections of the ilio-aponeurotic muscle of Hertwig, the ten¬ 
otomy of the lateral extensor of the phalanges, (Boccar) thq 
section of the internel patellar ligament, (Bassi) that of the 
aponeurosis of the shank, (Dieckerhoff) and then considering 
that of Renner which—based on the idea of spasmodic con¬ 
traction of the posterior crural muscles—recommends the 
use of belladonna, aconite, stramonium &c., Dr. G. Santini 
considers the treatment recommended by Vachetta, viz.; the 
accupuncture in the region of the bicepo-femoris and semi- 
tendinous. This treatment was followed by recovery in two 
cases. In one, the springhalt existed in both legs, and a radi¬ 
cal recovery was obtained by one application in one leg, and 
a considerable improvement in the other. In the second case, 
where myotomy and tenotomy had given no results, recovery 
followed two applications of accupuncture .—Clinica Veter- 
inaria . 
TREATMENT OF ROARING. 
By Dr. A. Russi. 
The author claims to have obtained the recovery of a case 
of roaring in a horse by the trachael injection of a solution of 
sulphate of strychnia. After trying blisters over the laryn- 
gial region, and electricity, without results, he administered 
the strychnia in five centigram doses, in five grams of dis¬ 
tilled water. For six days he observed a well marked progres¬ 
sive improvement. Ninety days after this treatment the roar¬ 
ing was scarcely perceptible after a trot and a gallop of two 
hours. Complete recovery followed. The dose of sulphate 
of strychnia had been raised as high as thirty centigrams.— 
Giornale di Vet. Militare. 
CHLORHYDRATE OF COCAINE IN NEUROTOMY. 
By A. DeJong. 
To avoid the necessity of casting the patient, the author 
has tried use of this remedy in several cases, operating on the 
