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EXTRACTS FROM EXCHANGES- 
FRENCH REVIEW. 
By Prof. A. Liautard, M.D., V.M. 
Woman’s Milk for Raising Puppies [By IV. Ben Da- 
now ].—It is not always enough to bring a puppy into the world, 
even at the expense of the mother’s death ; there are other 
necessities which one may have to provide ; such was this case. 
A small English slut had given birth to a puppy, but was taken 
with metro-peritonitis, which, notwithstanding all strict treat¬ 
ment, proved fatal in a short time. And while the mother was 
carefully treated, the little fellow received all possible attention 
in the shape of comfortable bedding of wadding, nursing with 
bottles, sterilized milk, etc., but all these did not seem to 
answer. The puppy was restless and constantly snoring in his 
bed ; he refused the food or threw it up, and his life was in 
danger. Yet, the owner wanted it saved, if possible. First, an 
artificial hatching room was bought, with sides padded with 
wadding and kept at an even temperature ; the little occupant 
could then move about without the risk of a change of tempera¬ 
ture. For the second and very important part, the feeding, a 
woman wet nurse was hired. The dog took at once to the teat 
and sucked. He was thus fed for 70 days. During the time 
that he was fed, he had some bowel troubles and weakness of 
the hind legs, which subsided under treatment. He was weaned 
by degrees, but for the first 25 days of his life he took woman’s 
milk exclusively. Born on the 13th of August, he showed in 
September an elevation in his weight of 300 grammes, of 100 
grammes in October, of 48 in November and 245 in December. 
At the last time he was weighed he turned the scale at 1482 
gram mes.—( Rev. Veter .) 
Intra-Mediastinal Diaphragmatic Hernia in a Cow 
[By Mr. Delmer , Alfort \.—This animal had entered the ward 
of bovine pathology on February 13th and was kept up to 
March 4th, when she was destroyed for dissection. Her case 
was unusual as much by the difficulties presented to make a 
diagnosis as by the nature and extent of the lesions. During 
her stay in the barns of the ward she presented nothing typical; 
the only symptom which was daily observed being a chronic 
tympanites, insufficient to express a true reason for one special 
form of disease. The appetite was irregular, there was slight 
constipation, repeated tympanites after each meal ; no tubercu¬ 
losis, no pain of the abdomen on pressure, respiration perfectly 
