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could be discerned ; incisors, and especially the eyeteeth, were 
loose, the latter admitting of extensive movement. The pos¬ 
terior portion of the mouth and the tongue were normal and 
in no way involved. The voluntary and free prehension of 
liquid or solid food was impossible ; but deglutition, when the 
liquid food was brought well back in the fauces, was readily 
accomplished. 
The general health, beyond that we have cited, was unim¬ 
paired by the local lesions. A diagnosis was made of suppura¬ 
tive inflammation of the medulla—an osteomyelitis involving 
the ossa supra, infra and inter-maxillaria. 
Therapy consisted of incisions in the fluctuating centers, 
which yielded live ounces of pus, daily cleansing with a collu- 
torium composed of creolin solution. Internal treatment 
commenced by calcium phosphate, and later displaced by ol. 
morrhua3 and phosphorus. A strong diet of bouillon and 
eggs, or milk, was administered by means of a tube. 
The condition of the animal gradually bettered, so that in 
four weeks the jaws could come in contact and be utilized by 
the owner in masticating soft food.— Wochenschrift . 
JABOT IN CANIDzE. 
After an exhaustive observation upon the aetiological and 
chirurgical character of this case, the author communicates 
the same in all its details. 
The patient rad received a bite in the lower portion of the 
inferior cervical region. Externally nothing could be noticed 
but the slight puncture from the canine teeth of the other 
animal; great pain was evinced and the location was con¬ 
siderably swollen. Anorexia and great weakness. 
The owner applied cataplasms, with the idea of softening 
the swelling, but the general health of the dog continued to 
decline. Ten days from that on which the wound was re¬ 
ceived, the enlargement had increased to the size of- the 
doubled hands, and a deeply-seated fluctuation could be distin¬ 
guished. Temperature io5 Q F. 
Following the incision there escaped two gills of a foul¬ 
smelling pus. The examination of the abscess cavity per- 
