/ 
VOL. LII. 
No. 621. 
SEPTEMBER, 1879. 
Fourth Series, 
No. 297. 
Communications and Cases. 
SYNOPSIS OF CONTINENTAL VETERINARY 
• JOURNALS. 
By John Henry Steel, Demonstrator of Anatomy at the 
Royal Veterinary College. 
[Continued from p. 556.) 
Summary. —From the Journal de Medecine Veterinaire et 
de Zooteclmie, June, 1879. M. Cornevin. —Review of Italian 
journals comprising “Trichinosis in Italy ; ” “Case of Rabies 
in a Sow, Sucking Pigs not affected,” by M. Giamperi, V .S., 
Montegrimano (Marche); “ Impediment to Parturition caused 
by a Membrane obstructing the Vagina of a Cow,” by M. 
Cantoni, V.S., Sorbolo (Parmesan); “On a new Species of 
Tapeworm of the Sheep,” by Prof. Rivolta, of the Uni¬ 
versity of Pisa; “ Observations on the Formative Process of 
Bony Callus in different Fractures of Bones of Man and Lower 
Animals,” by Prof. Ercolani, of Bologna; “On the For¬ 
mation of Callus in Fractures of the Bones of Birds,” by Prof. 
Rivolta ; “ The Ancestors of the Horse.” 
From Recueil de Medecine Veterinaire , June, 1879. 
Bulletin de la Societe Centrale de Medecine Veterinaire. 
Sitting, May 8th, 1879. M. Mathieu .—“ Special Touch 
Organs of the Dog.” M. Nocard. —“ Treatment of Torsio 
Cervicis.” 
From the Journal de Medecine Veterinaire et de Zootechnie. 
Revue Italienne , by M. Ch. Cornevin. Trichinosis in Italy. 
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