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to all antiseptic cares of his hands, those of the assistants, and 
of his instruments (a bistoury, pair of scissors, and threads of 
hollow elastic ligature), he castrates his patient in the usual 
way, the animal being cast, and having the scrotum and 
flat of the thighs thoroughly disinfected with creoline. His 
patients get over their trouble in eight or twelve days. He has 
succeeded in castrating 20 colts in less than four hours and 
30 in a day. The great advantages obtained are that the 
colts being wild, unbroken and left loose, do not require atten¬ 
tion after the operation and can be left turned out as before.— 
(Giornale della R. Soc. Vet.) 
Is the Malignant Catarrhal Fever of Cattle Con¬ 
tagious? [Dr. R. Morselh\. —Such is the conclusion of an 
article published by the author—not contagious to cattle, but 
to other animals. The answer, according to him, has been 
denied by some, admitted by others, but so far the question has 
not yet been well settled. To add to the subject he records the 
following : He was called to give his attention to a calf, which, 
presenting all the symptoms of the disease, had been isolated 
and placed in one stall of a barn where there were a sheep on 
his ltft and a young pig on his right. The animals were sepa¬ 
rated by a wood partition. For symptoms, the calf showed : 
head heavy, general adynamy, elevation of temperature, 41.5 0 , 
loss of appetite, irregular rumination, abundant nasal discharge, 
eyes partly closed, sunken in the orbits and abundant lachryma- 
tion; the aqueous humor was cloudy, respiration difficult, the 
skin covered here and there with patches of dry crust, under 
which was viscous dense suppuration. M. instituted a treat¬ 
ment which was followed up for seven or eight days, when at 
his next visit he'found that the sheep and the pig were also 
affected. The sheep presented his nostrils covered with thick 
mucosities, striated with blood, both eyes were crying freely ; 
cornese were opaque, and the temperature raised to 41 °. The 
pig was sicker than the sheep ; his temperature was 42 0 , he had 
general tremors, the respiration was difficult and accompanied 
with groans, the eyes were injected, but yet clear. These two 
animals recovered in a few days ; the calf took longer to get well, 
but remained blind.—( Giornale della R. Soc. Vet). 
A Case of Lethargy (?) in a Turkey [Dr. G. Maccagm]. 
The author records the following : A turkey had since its birth 
always been well and growing in fine condition, when one day 
(Nov. 26) he was found missing, not having returned to the 
roost. He soon was forgotten, after a few sorrows expressed, 
