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ACTINOMYCOSIS BOYIS SUCCESSFULLY TREATED. 
By G. W. Gibbins, M.R.C.V.S. 
These are cases in which the pot. iodid. treatment has 
again given good results. The first is that of a bullock which 
had been purchased for the purpose of being fattened. He 
has of late lost flesh ; ceased to lick its coat; has constant 
dribbling of saliva from the mouth ; masticates and swallows 
with pain and difficulty. The tongue is found the seat of dis¬ 
ease ; the posterior part of it particularly is affected. 
A blister is applied on the throat, and pot. iodid. three 
drachms are given once a day before food. Improvement is 
manifest after a week. The treatment was kept for nine days, 
and then changed to alternate days until six more doses were 
given. Recovery was then complete. 
The second was a colt. He presented about the same 
symptoms and an enlargement on the parotid region. The 
same treatment was followed and proved even more success¬ 
ful, as but twelve doses of the medicine were necessary be¬ 
fore a cure was effected.— Ibid. 
EXTRACTS FROM ITALIAN JOURNALS. 
CEREBRAL ECHINOCCOSIS IN ANIMALS. 
By Dr. F. Bosohetti. 
The first case observed by the author was in a cow. This 
animal had calved a month previously, and since that time 
had continued to be dull while in the barn, carrying her head 
down, and pushing against the wall. Her pulse, respiration 
and temperature remained normal, but her movements gave 
evidence of serious disturbances of the economy ; when made 
to walk, if turned shortly from the right to the left she stum¬ 
bled over whatever obstacles she might meet, and kept on 
her feet with difficulty. On the contrary, if turned in the 
same manner from left to right, she avoided those obstacles 
perfectly well. On the left side, the frontal region was evi¬ 
dently warmer than on the right, and when percussed on this 
side there was a dull sound heard. The left eye was smaller 
