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cations. Gathering the material of all his operations into one 
list, he gives an interesting statistic in relatipn to the nature 
and frequency of each kind of cryptorchidy. For instance, out 
of 151 cases he has met with : 19 cases of double abdominal 
cryptorchids, 72 of unilateral left, and 44 unilateral right ab¬ 
dominal cryptorchidies, 6 of unilateral left and 7 unilateral right 
inguinal cryptorchidies. Out of the 170 operations which 
those cases have required, there has been only a mortality of 
five individuals, and among those none having inguinal crvp- 
torchidy. Out of 154 operations for the abdominal form of 
the disease, the average mortality has been 3.24 per cent. The 
modus operandi has been that described by Prof. Degive.— 
(Revue Veterinaire.') 
ENGLISH REVIEW. 
By Prof. A. Liautard, M.D., V.M. 
Cases of Fracture of the Externae Tubercle of 
THE Humerus [ D. Pugh, FR.C.VS .].—Similar injuries have 
not been frequently recorded and the recoveries which accom¬ 
pany the three cases herewith presented are very interesting. 
They are three cases of fractures of the external tubercle of the 
body of the humerus, accompanied with nearly the same symp¬ 
toms, submitted to similar treatment and followed by a like re¬ 
sult—recovery in comparatively short time. The three cases 
had about the same cause, a kick from another horse while 
being turned to pasture. Lameness, more or less swelling of 
the leg from the shoulder to the knee, great pain on manipula¬ 
tion, crepitation, and more or less discharge from a wound 
which occupied the seat of the injury. The treatment con¬ 
sisted in local anaesthesia in one case and general in the two 
others, free incisions down to the fracture, dissection and ex¬ 
traction of the external tuberosity of the humerus with frag¬ 
ments of bone varying in size from three-quarters of an inch in 
one case to as much as three inches in another. The balance 
of the treatment was very simple, the parts being simply treated 
as an open wound.— (Journ. Comp. Path, and Therapy 
Hysterectomy in the Bitch [By H. A. Woodruff, 
M.R.C.VS .].—Two interesting cases, followed by excellent re¬ 
sults, thanks to the thorough disinfection of the wound area, 
instruments, etc., to the washing out of the peritoneal cavity, 
