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sand. The owner then remembered that previous to the appear¬ 
ance of the mortality in his herd, the Volturno had overflowed 
the field where the animals had been sent to pasture after it had 
withdrawn, leaving over the grass a certain amount of sand. 
The buffaloes kept on grazing and ate grass as well as sand, 
and the result was the enzooty, due to the presence of this 
foreign body, and not to anthrax, as it was supposed. The ani¬ 
mals were removed from that mortal field and the trouble dis¬ 
appeared .—(Riforma Veterinarian 
ENGLISH REVIEW. 
By Prof. A. Liautard, M.D., Y.M. 
Thrombosis of the Iliac and Femoral Arteries—Com¬ 
plications [By W. Robb , F.R.C.V .Si \.—Although this patient 
had been able to work for ten hours in good shape, he suddenly 
exhibited great pain, and after going about half a mile, he fell 
right on his side. When the author saw him he was lying flat, 
breathing very quickly and showing no great pain. Forced to 
stand up, he only did so for a few seconds, and then without 
warning, threw himself down in the most violent manner. 
Sedatives and mustard applied to the abdomen made him spring 
to his feet, but in a few seconds he threw himself down again, 
without consideration as to whether he would hurt himself or 
not. Was it enteritis ? Was it azoturia ? Later on, observing 
a peculiar condition of the pulse, 20 in a minute, suspicion was 
aroused as to the true nature of the trouble, and rectal examina¬ 
tion made, and, although the animal strained very severely, the 
condition of the posterior aorta was made out. The beatings 
there were also 20, but quite exaggerated in type, the vibra¬ 
tion of the walls of this blood vessel being so marked that they 
could only be compared to the effect sometimes produced on 
water pipes by one turning off the water quickly. The pulse 
was readily felt on the right side on the iliac, but not on the 
left. The horse died shortly afterward. The principal lesions 
were found in the iliac arteries. Right iliac was normal. I11 
the left there was found yellow clots as far down as where it 
becomes femoral, which m its centre contained a large black clot 
with a yellow centre. Below it the femoral was found empty. 
The abdominal organs were more or less congested.—( Jonrn. of 
Comp. Path, and Therapy 
Repeated Attacks of Colic from Intestinal Calculi 
