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reintroduced. In two weeks after the operation the animal 
resumed his work, free from lameness .—Giornale di Vet. Med. 
VERMINOUS ANEURISM IN THE HORSE. 
By The Same. 
. * * 
After jumping- over an obstacle, the animal dropped dead, 
and as the jump had been perfect and without touching any 
object, and nothing appearing that could explain such a sud¬ 
den complication, the post-mortem was ordered. The ab¬ 
dominal cavity contained a large quantity of blood mixed 
with food. The mucous membrane of the stomach, as well 
as that of the intestines, was much thickened, and at the point 
where the great mesenteric passes near the middle portion 
of the caecum there was a ruptured aneurism as large as an 
egg. Its walls were very thin, and it contained some fibrin¬ 
ous clots in which some sclerostomus armatus were discov¬ 
ered. These were also found in varying numbers in the colic 
arteries, and the liver and spleen seemed to be atrophied. The 
other organs were healthy.-— Ibid. 
INTR A-VENOUS INJECTION OF SPIRITS OF TURPENTINE. 
By M. Beetolotti. 
This subject was a horse three years old affected with all 
the characteristic symptoms of anasarea. The hind legs were 
the seat of an oedema, which rendered locomotion difficult, 
and the effusion had began to throw itself at the sternum. 
The conjunctival and pituitary membranes were covered 
with petechia. Respiration was accelerated, the pulse hard, 
and the temperature 41° C. Dullness was manifest on percus¬ 
sion of the right lung. Spirits of turpentine was administered 
internally ; dry friction made on swollen parts. In the even¬ 
ing, the swelling of the legs appeared to be diminished, but 
the head then became affected, and the temperature rose. The 
next morning all the symptoms were more marked, and as 
suffocation was threatened, tracheotomy was performed, and 
five grammes of spirits of turpentine were injected into the 
left jugular vein. During the first twenty minutes following, 
the animal seemed anxious and showed some abdominal pains, 
which, however, were only transient. In the evening, instead 
