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cepting an infiltration of the abdominal wall in the vicinity of 
the umbilicus. On inspection of the carcass the veins of the 
cord were found to be occupied by a brown, odorless and 
desiccated mass; these vessels as they approached the liver 
became wider, and a dry thrombus of some age could be 
located. The hepatic organ was cloudy, yellowish brown 
and heavy; the portal lymphatic glands swollen ; Peyers 
patches very plain, mesentery lymph-glands swollen ; mal- 
pighian corpuscles of the spleen are also distinct. 
Lungs adherent to thoracic walls and slight interstitial 
pneumonia, but alveoli containing air. On the surface of the 
kidneys numerous nodes the size of a mustard seed, which 
were caseous, yellow and half fluid in consistence; nephritic 
lymphatic glands hypertrophied ; cardiac muscle pale and 
cloudy, the interspersed adipose tissue of the organ of a 
dirty red white color containing small quantities of water. 
From the above enumeration it will be seen that the calf 
had suffered intra-vitam , with a septico-pyaemia due to a 
phlebitis of the umbilical vein. The meat was condemned and 
confiscated by the inspector of the abattoir. To test the vir¬ 
ulence of the flesh, the same was cooked and fed to a vigor¬ 
ous dog of large species—Ulmer breed—about two years old ; 
also to two hunting puppies each eight months of age. All 
three became sick shortly after with symptoms of a gastro¬ 
enteritis ; vomiting very violently, and showing a diarrhoea 
composed of dark brown feces. The dogs refused all feed 
for several days, finally recovering their normal condition in 
about one week. The recorded accounts of the effect of sep¬ 
tic meat are very divergent.— Zeitsch. f. FI. u. Milch. Hyg. 
DERMATOL. 
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Next to iodolorm Grasshaindel considers dermatol, made 
by Lucius and Brunning, of Hochst, to have attained the 
highest point of efficacy. Continued trials in the clinics of 
Dr. Baier in Vienna have given the following results: 
When the injury was fresh, dermatol was applied pure— 
without the least incorporation or admixture of any sub- 
