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EXTRACTS FROM GREMAN JOURNALS. 
mals soon became unable to rise from the reclining position. 
Fever did not at any time appear. All the animals, among 
which only one cow, were killed-on the fourteenth day. All 
treatment was in vain. Section showed large hemorrhages 
and apopletic herds or clots upon the surface of encephalon; 
also congestion of the larger blood vessels of this organ. The 
flesh was consumed as food.— Dentsch . Th. Woch. 
BLOODY URINE. 
In the CEsterreich Thier. Centralblatt, district veterin¬ 
arian Czak has reported the discovery of exuberant growths 
upon the cystic mucous membrane resembling warts. Binder 
has communicated similar observations. Among several 
cattle in one stable the affection was so malignant that in one 
instance slaughter was advised. The section developed a 
number of buttons attached by means of pedicles to the mem¬ 
brane ; these were especially numerous surrounding the origin 
of the urethra. They were close upon ea h other and their 
parenchyma consisted of easily lacerated vascular tissue. The 
latter quality accounted for the periodic hemorrhages. These 
were not true cases of hasmaturia. Arnold has made a like 
report in Berliner Woch., Jahrgang, 1890, p 85. 
EFFECTS OF LIGHTNING. 
During a heavy thunder shower a certain stable contain¬ 
ing five horses was struck by lightning; when the building 
was opened all of the animals lay prostrate upon the floor. 
Two sprang to their feet in three minutes, manifesting giddi¬ 
ness, but soon recovered when led in the open air. The third 
horse regained volition after ten minutes, but could not be 
used for two days. The fourth animal moaned continually, 
now and, then showing spasmodic contractions, finally ceas¬ 
ing to respire twelve minutes later; no effect of the electric 
fluid could be detected upon the body. The fifth patient lay 
upon the straw quietly, but continued to groan ; in an hour 
this animal stood upon its feet, showing the hair at the apeces 
of the ears to have been singed. 
