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the results have been far from resembling those of Mr. Cagny. 
But what was the crowning of the discussion was the remarks 
that Prof. Almy introduced on the use he had made LATELY of 
injections of cocaine upon the course of nerves of lame legs, for 
lameness below the fetlock, by injecting at that point, thus dif¬ 
ferentiating it from lameness of the shoulder ; or by injections 
upon the median or the cubital, or the sciatic or the anterior 
tibial for lameness between the fetlock and the point of injec¬ 
tion, etc. 
All this is very well, but why ignore the fact that this 
means of diagnosis has been used for years by others ? In the 
United States cocaine has been thus employed tor fifteen or 
more years, far previous to the time when the attention of 
French veterinarians was called to it, by an article published 
in 1897, a publication which it was said was the first to men-, 
tion the great services cocaine could render in those cases. It 
is singular that our colleagues of the Societe, who are all well 
read, should have ignored that as long ago as 1886 the Review 
had recorded the experiments made by Dr. Torrance and the 
results he had obtained. 
America ahead of France in veterinary surgery ! That is 
too good not to be recorded. 
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A Home for Homeless Animals. — There exist in all 
large civilized cities of the world places where lost animals of 
all kinds and of all natures are brought and kept for a short 
time, waiting for an owner or a claimant of any kind to come 
and take them, and if the saving owner does not make his ap¬ 
pearance within a short time, two or three days, the said animal 
is disposed of—sold or killed. Those places, pounds, as they 
are called, vary in size and importance, according to the admin¬ 
istration which has charge of them ; some are quite well kept, 
others are far from it, and the boarders which occupy the stalls 
or kennels receive care which may be good or bad—more of the 
latter than of the former, it is claimed by lovers and charitable 
friends of quadrupeds and of pet animals. 
