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for he was such a handsome bird and Christinas so near. A 
month later, just on Christmas eve, a working hand of the farm 
went into a dark barn, which was tightly closed, and found the 
turkey lying on the floor between two fagots of wood. He was 
alive, but, of course, after his twenty-nine days’ fasting, had lost 
all his corpulency and was nothing but skin and bones. The 
first few days following he only partook of very little solid food, 
but ultimately improved and grew fat. But how, during the 
long time that he was lost, did he keep himself alive? The au¬ 
thor believes that poultry in similar circumstances, being in per¬ 
fect immobilization and in the dark, if left quiet and undisturbed, 
can vegetate and live from their own tissues and adipose deposits 
as some other animals do. His opinion is strengthened by 
another case in which a pair of chickens, tied together by the 
leg, as when such animals are carried to market, which were 
placed in a dark room where they were forgotten after it 
was closed and were not found until after forty-eight days. 
They were still alive. Thpse, however, died .—(II Nuovo Er- 
colani .) 
A Case of Springhalt Cured with Acupuncture [ Dr . 
Ugo Viciani ^\.—Having already obtained several recoveries 
by this mode of treatment with springhalt, the author decided 
to resort to it in the case of a four-year-old mare which was 
suffering much with that trouble, and was almost useless. The 
animal being secured standing, seventy points of acupuncture 
needles were inserted on both sides, extending principally over 
the course of the biceps femoris and the semi-tendinosus. The 
needles were well disinfected as well as the parts where they 
were introduced. They were plunged about 4 eentim. deep 
and 4 centimeters apart. After being left in place about 
four hours, they were removed and a stiff friction made 
over the muscles with a liniment of liq. ammonia and spirits 
of turpentine, of each 32 grammes, and camphorated alcohol 
and tincture of soap, 43. The animal was kept quiet for 
three days. A friction of alcohol was made now and then 
when the horse was to return to work, which took place in a 
very short time, being entirely cured of her infirmity .—(II 
Nuovo Ercolaiii.') 
Eclampsia in a Cow [Dr. E. Sbragia ].—This case, which 
recovered by the administration of a simple purgative and hot 
applications on the back, is interesting, by the fact that the cow 
showed the symptoms of her disease only 11 days after parturi¬ 
tion.—(// Nuovo Ercolani .) 
