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VETERINARIAN. 
VOL. LII. 
No. 622. 
OCTOBER, 1879. 
Fourth Series, 
No. 298. 
Communications and Cases. 
SYNOPSIS OP CONTINENTAL VETERINARY 
JOURNALS. 
By John Henry Steel, Demonstrator of Anatomy at the 
Royal Veterinary College. 
[Continued from p. 627.) 
Summary. —From the Annales de Medecine Veterinaire de 
Bruxelles , August, 1879.—“Pulmonary Cauterisation by 
Fine Penetrating Points,” by Prof. Victor Lorge ; “ Cartila¬ 
ginous Condition of the Right Auricle,” by M. J. Hugues ; 
“ Diphtheria of Birds and its supposed identity with that 
of Man,” by M. Megnin. From the Becueil de Medecine 
Veterinaire , 30tli July, 1879.—“New Researches on the 
Nature of the Alterations of the Blood in Typhoid of the 
Horse,” by M. Salle. 
Pulmonary Cauterisation by Fine and Penetrating Points 
in Domestic Animals , by Professor Victor Lorge, of Brus¬ 
sels. Summary .—This surgical method has been recently 
employed in different affections, especially synovial tumours. 
The author conceived the idea of passing some incandescent 
metallic points into the lungs of a dog through the inter¬ 
costal spaces. This when practised proved so successful 
tha’t he experimented similarly with the horse, ox, goat, pig, 
and rabbit. The surgical apparatus comprised the cauteries 
of M. Leblanc and of Foucher, slightly modified, the first 
serving for small animals, the second for the horse and the 
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