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capsule, contrary to the cadaver bacilli. The capsules are very 
wide, and the shrinking is so small that when moving the mi¬ 
crometer screw frequently the cylindrical form of Gallerst cap¬ 
sule can be observed. The white dots in the bacterial cells, 
observed by Klett and Olt, R. could see in 50 to 70 per cent, of 
the bacilli examined. The disinfection of the preparate with 
the formalin method, as proved by R., is a complete one.— 
(Ztschr. f. Fleisch. u. Milchhyg.') 
ITALIAN REVIEW. 
By Prof. A. Liautard, M.D., V.M. 
A Case of Permanent Cramp in the Horse—Bassi’s 
Operation—Recovery \_By Edoardo Gamba]. —Towards the 
end of January the author was called to examine a horse which 
had a pseudo-dislocation of the patella of the right leg. There 
was no history except that he was found in that condition, and 
that all efforts to move him were every time accompanied by 
danger of falling. The diagnosis was easily made, and, al¬ 
though the patella could readily be replaced, the difficulty would 
return immediately—the condition of the internal and median 
patella ligaments being readily made out. Ordinary modes of 
treatment were applied without results ; irritating frictions had 
only for effects to cause much irritation. As a last resort it was 
decided to operate by Prof. Bassi’s method, viz. : Section of the 
internal patellar ligament. The operation was simple. The 
animal properly secured, the skin shaved and rendered aseptic, 
a small incision was made through it and a tenotomy knife in¬ 
troduced into the wound, between the skin and the ligament, 
and this being divided, the wound was dressed with carbolized 
oil. The animal was allowed to get up and moved away with¬ 
out any trouble. After a few days of rest- he was returned to 
his work. This simple operation of Prof. Bassi has given 
him several successes, which were also obtained at the hands of 
Falletti, Varketta, Cadiot, Manquet, and others. Performed 
also quite frequently in bovines, where the trouble is quite 
common, it has always been successful.—(// Moderno Zooiatio .) 
Hypodermic Injection of Solution of Chloride of 
Sodium in the Treatment of Rheumatism of the Shoul¬ 
der in THE Horse [By Dr. Umberto de Mia]. —The author 
records his experience in four cases of lameness of the shoulder, 
due to rheumatism. In one case, of more than one year’s 
