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He bent it in two and made a loop about the size of the apple, 
arranging the branches of the curve so as to form a circum¬ 
ference about the dimensions of the foreign body. These 
branches were then twisted together as far as the ends of the 
wire. Not without difficulty, the loop of the new improvised 
probang was slipped back of the apple. After two or three at¬ 
tempts it seemed the instrument would not work, but at the last 
time, as it was withdrawn, the cow was noticed chewing. She 
was crushing the apple. She was allowed to drink and 
swallowed without trouble .—(.Annales de Bruxelles.) 
Protargol in Veterinary Medicine [By T. Hendrickx\. 
—This is a powerful antiseptic recently used in human medicine 
and also in veterinary, principally in Italy. The author has 
had opportunity to try it in two cases with excellent results. 
In one, a heavy draught horse, had a deep wound of the hock. 
Severe arthritis, impossibility to use the leg, swelling of the 
hock, escape of synovia, great suffering, loss of appetite, pulse 
quick, artery full, temperature raised—all indicated a serious 
case. The treatment consisted in small tent of solution of sub¬ 
limate in collodion introduced in the wound. Carried out for 
three days this treatment gives no result; on the contrary, the 
case is worse ; continued irrigations are then prescribed. After 
twelve days, no change for the better. The case seemed des¬ 
perate. It was then that protargol was resorted to. For three 
consecutive days about 30 grammes of an aqueous solution of 
protargol, 3 per cent., was injected. The second day improve¬ 
ment was noticed ; on the fifth day he was able to walk, and 
his general condition was improved. A week after the first 
injection the synovia escapes no more and from that day the 
animal entered upon convalescence. In the other case a 
hunter received a wound on the external cartilage of the 
right fore foot. Wound was deep, irregular, more or less ragged, 
the corresponding cartilage was involved in three quarters of its 
thickness. There was repulsive odor. The hoof was loose at 
the heel and the pus collected under it. There was besides the 
condition that the horse had been wounded on that foot six 
months previous. Treatment: removal of the loose horn, 
dressing with 3 per cent, solution of protargol,changed every day. 
From the third day the wound improved, cicatrization started 
and was complete in a month. The same dressing was used by 
the author in a case of canker, but did not obtain good results. 
—(Annales de Bruxelles.) 
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