154 
EXTRACTS FROM ITALIAN JOURNALS. 
of finding the patient dead, a result of which the S)^mptoms 
quite justified the expectation, the oedema of the head and 
legs had become reduced, and the temperature had fallen to 
40° F. A second injection was then made into the left jugu¬ 
lar. The next day the facial oedema had disappeared, the 
respiration was easier, and the temperature was reduced to 
39° C. A third injection was then made, this time in the 
right jugular, and tonics were prescribed. The improvement 
continued, and was followed by recovery. Two other cases 
out of four in the hands of the author, recovered under the 
same treatment.— Ibid. 
TINCTURE OF IODINE AND WOUNDS OF THE FOOT. 
By M. Baeuohello. 
A mare had picked up a nail, which caused a deep punc¬ 
tured wound in the median zone of the foot. The ordinary 
treatment was applied—thinning of the sole and antiseptic 
washes, yet suppuration appeared and became very abundant, 
and the author having decided to try tincture of iodine the 
wound was thoroughly cleansed, and the tincture introduced 
well and deeply into the fistulous tract, and a dressing ap¬ 
plied. Three days later the mare had completely recovered. 
From this experiment the author concludes that tincture of 
iodine is very efficacious, it being understood that the trau¬ 
matism does not extend to the tendons or to the joint, nor to 
the navicular bone.— Ibid. 
VOMITING IN PREGNANT BITCHES. 
By M. A. Marini. 
A small, pregnant bitch had for some time suffered with 
recurrent vomiting, and opiates, antispasmodics and cocaine 
had been tried, but vainly and without result. The author 
then thought of rectal injections of bromide of potash, and 
administered on the first day two grammes of the bromide; 
on the second, four; and on the third, eight, and with this 
the vomiting stopped entirety. She was afterwards delivered 
of two healthy pups .—Clinica Veter. 
