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is well marked. Twenty grammes of a saturated solution 
of chloride of soduim is injected in four places over the 
atrophied surface. During the following days, the inflam¬ 
matory reaction was quite severe, and walking not improved, 
a subcutaneous injection of a solution of sulphate of strychnine 
is then made. A marked improvement follows. A few days 
later a second and third injection was made. Improvement 
soon followed. The animal was put to moderate work. Kept 
on gradually improving and made a radical recovery. 
In a second case, a stallion, suffering with crural atrophy 
of four months’ standing, for a month had been treated with 
three injections of saturated saline solutions, withobt result. 
The treatment with the sulphate of strychnine was followed 
by complete recovery after a short time. 
A slight atrophy of the anterior spinatus and of the 
posterior spinatus of the shoulder was also relieved by one 
or two injections of sulphate of strychnine made several days 
apart.— Ibid. 
TREATMENT OF CHRONIC FUNICUL1TIS (CHAMPIGNON OF THE 
HORSE) WITH IODIDE OF POTASSIUM. 
By Mr. Thomassen. 
In a paper presented to the Central Society of Veterinary 
Medicine in Paris, the author reports the success which he 
has obtained in the treatment of champignon with iodide of 
potash, its use having been suggested by observing the result 
obtained in the treatment of actinomycosis with the same 
medicine. 
A large horse, five years old, altered about seven months 
previous, had the scrotum and sheaths largely swollen ; the 
left cord was swollen hard ; the left leg moved with difficulty; 
a fistulous tract allowed the escape of abundant suppuration 
which soiled both legs. Rectal examination revealed a large 
and hard tumor, evidence that the champignon was extending 
in the abdominal cavity. 
Surgical interference being out of the question, treatment 
with the iodide was suggested and begun. Ten grammes of 
