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This treatment was kept up twice daily until scarcely any 
charge was noticed, after which the irrigations were not as 
iquent, taking place but once a day, and later on still rarer, 
j opening in the meantime being kept open with a short firm 
it of oakum, and the granulations around the edge cauterized 
jquently with nitrate of silver. 
After the discharge had ceased the oakum was removed from 
3 opening and the edges allowed to unite, union taking place 
ry rapidly. 
The tooth cavity was kept as clean as possible after the 
traction, by washing out with water the foreign matters that 
ily collected. The function of respiration which had been mecha- 
jally interfered with, was, after the operation, performed with 
se, and at the end of the fourth week he was discharged. He 
s been seen since several times and found in perfect con- 
don, doing his daily work. 
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>MPOUND COMMINUTED FRACTURE OF THE FORE ARM IN AN 
ELEPHANT. 
By the same. 
While acrobatic feats may be performed with impunity by 
an, all will acknowledge that when tight rope walking is at- 
mpted by an animal of such size as the elephant even the 
dancing pole is scarcely sufficient to insure perfect equilibrium. 
A young trick elephant about seven years of age, and weighing 
mewhat over two thousand pounds, which had been on exhibiton 
r some time in Tarry town as a tight-rope walker, was noticed after 
le of his daily performances to be somewhat lame in the near fore 
g. Suspecting that he had strained himself by a false step the man¬ 
ners concluded that if not very profitable, it might be wise to 
ase the training to which he was subjected, and give the animal 
few weeks rest. But contrary to their expectations, after resting 
few days he began to grow worse, and was found one morning 
7 his keeper with his leg swollen and hanging powerless. On 
tempting to move him the leg bent backwards and refused to 
ipport even the slightest amount of weight. Dr. Liautard was 
)w summoned by telegraph, and upon examination found the 
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