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discharge, as known, are prognostically in many cases unfavor¬ 
able. The quicker the closure of the wound is accomplished, 
the better the success in the treatment. For the closing of the 
wound different agents are employed. The application of a use¬ 
ful compress bandage is at this point very difficult. After test¬ 
ing most of the recommended agents, he obtained the best suc¬ 
cess with the iodoform paste (iodof. 5.0, mucilage, gum arabic 
and glycerine aa 10.0, bol. alb. 20.0.) The wound and the 
neighboring parts are thoroughly cleansed and disinfected ; then 
the paste is applied in a thick layer, covered by a layer of cotton. 
It forms a firm plaster, and all that is necessary to be done is to 
apply every two days a little more paste and some fresh cotton. 
The plaster is to remain until it falls off by itself, which gener¬ 
ally does not occur before the closure of the wound. Naturally, 
the patient has to be tied up in a way not to be able to get at 
the wound with the mouth.—( Denisch . Thier. Wochensch.) 
Tetanus in Cattle [A. Hink~\. —While most of the cases 
of tetanus in cattle can be traced to some traumatism of the 
uterus (tetanus puerperalis), the author observed in a 1 y 2 - year- 
old heifer tetanus without being able to see or prove any ex¬ 
ternal injury. The disease commenced at the muscles of mas¬ 
tication, and gradually spread, developing in a way that the tail 
was curved very much to one side, and finally the muscles of 
the leg became very much affected. The patient about eight 
days before the first manifestation of the disease appeared, was 
on a pasture which contained thorny bushes, and by picking the 
grass m all probability the buccal or pharangeal mucous mem¬ 
brane was injured, through which the tetanus bacilli gained en¬ 
trance. The animal recovered ; sixteen days after the beginning 
of the disease a slight improvement of the spasmodic condition 
was noticeable, she was able to lie down, and beside the gruel 
it received during the disease, kicked for some food. But be¬ 
fore the patient could be discharged as cured, four more weeks 
elapsed. The therapeutics consisted chiefly of rectal injections 
of a solution of chloral hydrate, frequent offerings of nutritive 
drinks, dark stall and the most possible quietude. The temper¬ 
ature all through the disease remained normal; the pulse was 
64 to 70.—( Deutsch. Thier. Wochenschri) 
A New Method of Examining Blood [Dr. L. Baruchello ]. 
—The author performed a long line of experiments for the pur¬ 
pose of studying the microbes living in the blood. He made 
use of a method which may be of interest to all practitioners, es¬ 
pecially to those living in the country, and who wish to send 
