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EXTRACTS FROM EXCHANGES. 
FRENCH REVIEW. 
By Prof. A. LiauTard, M.D., V.M. 
Funicueitis of Castration in the Cat [By L. Mag - 
nin \.—A seven months’ old cat was castrated by enucleation, 
torsion and scraping of the cord. The operation was followed 
by repeated haemorrhages, which weakened the animal very 
much. A week later the parts were much swollen ; the right 
side apparently healed, while on the left there escaped bloody 
pus. The stump of the cord was hard and swollen. Exami¬ 
nation of the pus with the microscope gave negative results as 
to the mycotic nature of the trouble. Iodine was applied to the 
swelling, which seemed to reduce it. On the right side the 
swelling increased, forming a hard, painful mass and running 
upwards along the cord. Iodine and afterwards poultices were 
applied, which were followed by improvement and reduction of 
the enlargement, which became more and more marked and 
ended ultimately by radical recovery. As the primitive opera¬ 
tion had been done antiseptically, the author thinks the animal 
was infected by rubbing himself against shavings or in scratch¬ 
ing the earth of a garden where he used to play. In conclusion 
Mr. M. believes that castration by ligature is preferable to scrap¬ 
ing of the cord and insists on the necessity of avoiding infection 
of the wound afterwards by antiseptic precautions. One must not 
be too hastv to resort to another operation.— (Bee. de Med. Vet.) 
Aneurism [By M. Mouquet ].—This relates to a horse which 
was affected with intermittent lameness of the right foreleg. 
When visited by the author, the horse did not show his lame¬ 
ness, but presented a peculiar appearance, which was attributed 
to an aneurism. The result of the examination is described as 
follows : Looked at full face, the chest shows a marked asymetry. 
The left pectoral muscles seem much larger than the right, and 
a marked projection is observed, principally over the left sterno- 
humeralis muscle. Looked at by side view, the right side.of 
the chest is normal, the left is evidently deformed. On examin¬ 
ing the regions situated on each side of the trachilian prolonga¬ 
tion of the sternum, it is observed that on a level with the left 
sterno-humeralis muscle the swelling is depressible, elastic, not 
cedematous, diminishing under pressure and giving to the hand 
a peculiar feeling. By pressing over it, obliquely from down¬ 
wards, upwards and from forwards backward, weak pulsations 
are detected, sometimes absent and being felt generally a little 
