476 SYNOPSIS OF CONTINENTAL VETERINARY JOURNALS. 
It buried itself, however, with all speed, being discomforted 
by my having, to use a common phrase, “ thrown a little 
light upon the subject/’ In a figurative sense it may with 
truth be said that our churchyard beetle-maggots are not 
the only creatures that deliberately scorn the light of day. 
On the 20th of June the maggot underwent a change of 
skin. The ecdysis was complete in all respects; the larva 
being at first nearly white and transparent, and very active 
on the following day. Immediately before ecdysis the body 
visibly diminished in size. 
SYNOPSIS OF CONTINENTAL VETERINARY 
JOURNALS. 
By John Henry Steel, Demonstrator of Anatomy at the 
Royal Veterinary College. 
[Continued from p. 416.) 
Summary. —From the Revue Veter inair 6, May, 1879. M. 
Neumann—Revue Veterinaire d’Allemagne :—“ Internal 
Temperature and Urine in Rabid Dogs“ Congenital 
Hypertrophy of the Heart and Liver“ Liver Disease of 
European Horses in Egypt“ Psorosperms in the Liver of a 
Dog “ Epizootic Disease of Fowls “Cancer of the Mam¬ 
mary Gland of a Bitch (with Metastatic Conditions);” “Inocu- 
lability of Neoplasms “ Pathogenesis of Cataract.” From 
the Recueil de Medecine Veterinaire , 15th May, 1879, on 
“ M. Zundelalso on “Vaseline,” by M. Weber. From 
Annates de Medecine Veterinaire , “ La Dourine,” by Prof. 
Trasbot. 
From the Revue Veterinaire de Toulouse , May, 1879. 
“ Veterinary Review of Germany, by M. Neumann.” “Under 
this title we intend to present every three months analytical 
extracts of the principal periodical publications which 
appear in Germany, and which bear on the several branches of 
veterinary science. By these extracts we hope to make 
known the condition of science among our neighbours, and 
the different results of work, more or less important, which 
they produce, as well as to supply workers in our country 
with bibliographical elements, such as may guide or aid their 
efforts. Also this source will serve us as a medium by means 
of which we may become acquainted with many original 
papers from Russia, Denmark, Holland, &c., and when such 
