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his saliva ; although regular in its middle, the wound ended in- 
feriorly in a cul-de-sac , and complications of suppuration and of 
infiltration were possible. This animal was condemned by sev¬ 
eral veterinarians and at last treated by the author. Aseptic 
cotton, disinfection of the edges of the wound and of the superior 
part of the neck with sublimate solution, was the treatment which 
was prescribed. After two months the animal resumed his work. 
Case No. II .—In traveling fast, a horse made a misstep and fell a 
somersault, on his head, thus protecting his knees, which es¬ 
caped injury. There was a complete denudation of the 
greater part of the face. The frontal bone was exposed, 
scratched, its periosteum removed, and gravel incrusted in its 
substance. The nasal bones were exposed in two places. The 
wound measured 40 centimeters in length and 12 in width. 
Washing with sublimate solution, dressing with tannin powder, 
boricated vaseline, and after six weeks of that treatment the 
wound was granulating well and closing rapidly. During 
the treatment there was sloughing of several little pieces of 
necrosed bones. Case No. III .—A horse was hurt by the shaft 
of a truck, which entered obliquely from forward backward, 
at the elbow of the rear side, a little below the subcutaneous 
abdominalis. Almost the entire skin was torn off as far as the 
sheath. There was an immense piece hanging down ; an 
abundant haemorrhage took place and the animal was very weak. 
The hanging flap of skin was freely excised and an aseptic 
bandage, renewed every day, was applied. After ten days the 
wound had assumed an excellent aspect and the animal was out 
of danger. After recording these three cases the author alludes 
to other wounds, which, on the contrary, were not deep, and still 
almost always demand a severe prognosis, such as those in the 
neighborhood of the anus, where complications are very often 
met with by the presence of septic germs contained in the faecal 
matters or inoculated by the impinging body.— (Journ. of Zoo- 
technie). 
A Few Observations on the Subject of Castration 
in Cryptorchids \_By Prof. A. Labat ].—In previous com¬ 
munications the author has made known the results he had ob¬ 
tained m a series of operations of castration made on cryptor¬ 
chids, and expressed the thoughts that these operations had 
suggested to him. Since their publication he has operated 
upon a number of subjects, and now he wishes to establish 
statistics which will show that the operation, although delicate 
and difficult, is not necessarily followed by threatening compli- 
