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rectum for three days, afterwards with eggs and broth, and 
finally with solid food. The animal, a year after the operation, 
was in perfect health and there was no sign of return of the 
disease .—(II Moderno Zooiatrolj 
Cervical Torsion in a Mare Cured with Deep Cau¬ 
terization [By B. Carozzo \.—On September 15, 1899, the 
author was called to visit a mare which had been cast one 
night with one leg caught in the rope of the halter. She was 
found in the morning panting, with the body covered with per¬ 
spiration, and having extensive bruises and lacerations of the 
external face of the left knee, of the right elbow and of the left 
thigh. The animal was raised and placed in slings. The 
various wounds were treated according to their nature, those of 
the knee being so extensive that gangrene had set in and the 
tendon of the lateral extensor of the phalanges was exposed. 
From the first day a swelling had been observed on the left side 
of the neck, which was treated by local astringent applications. 
Notwithstanding this, the swelling continued to increase and 
the neck soon began to be bent to the right, stiff, with the head 
carried close to the ground, and without possibility to straighten 
it or to even temporarily bring it back to its normal direction. 
The deviation was such that the animal was unable to trot, and 
if made to move would fall heavily on the ground. In the 
presence of such condition the operation recommended by Prof. 
Danzillotti for such affection was recommended, but objected 
to by the owner, who afterwards, having waited two months 
for a natural recovery without obtaining any improvement, 
left it to the author to do what he thought best. He then re¬ 
sorted to actual cauterization. The animal was thrown on the 
right side and firing applied on the left convexity with fifteen 
points of iron applied two or three centimetres apart. The iron 
was introduced deeply down to the transverse processes of 
the vertebrae and applied two or three times in each point. 
About one month after the cauterization the deviation of the 
neck began to diminish, and after three months recovery was 
complete, the neck having resumed its normal position and re¬ 
gained its natural flexibility .—(Clinica Veterin.) 
Neoplasm of the Rumen [By Dr. Bruno Scotti \.—A steer 
of nine years had been suffering for some time with tympany, 
and of late, notwithstanding the use of all kinds of treatment, 
had resisted all of them and was always tympanitic. His appe¬ 
tite was very capricious, rumination was gone and he was losing 
flesh rapidly. Attempts were made to find out if there was some 
