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CANINE CONVUESIONS INDUCED BY EATING PLUM-STONES. 
By L. E. WiLLYOUNG, D.V.S., Buffalo, N. Y. 
Subject .—Spaniel puppy, aged six months. Convulsions, 
due to intestinal irritation, persistent spasms, and periods of 
complete coma, approaching at intervals of four to five hours. 
Duration five days. Treat 7 ne 7 tt .—Elixir bromide of potash and 
chloral hydrate, with but temporary success, followed by a hy¬ 
podermic injection of apomorphia. Through the emesis 
following three plum-stones were ejected. Partial abatement of 
convulsions. Two days later a two-grain hydrargyrum pill was 
administered, when in twenty-four hours three more stones were 
ejected per rectum, and a complete abatement of the symptoms 
followed. By subsequent history, found that the puppy had 
been fed canned plums a few days previous to the attacks. 
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Tetanus Treated by “ Tetanus Antitoxin ” \By 
Veterinarimi Newso 7 n \.—Developed without any apparent 
cause, the disease was observed with its ordinary manifestations 
and the animal placed under the usual treatment of quiet nurs¬ 
ing, chloral hydrate, salines, etc. After a few days of no satis¬ 
factory results, the author decided to have recourse to anti¬ 
toxin. One gramm of it dissolved in lo c.c. of sterilized dis¬ 
tilled water was given in two doses at two hours’ intervals. At 
the time of the first injection, the temperature was 103.5°, the 
general symptoms were well marked, jaws fixed, head protruding 
and resting on the manger, nostrils dilated, hurried, irregular 
breathing, etc., etc. Two hours after improvement was noticed. 
The patient was quieter, spasms less severe, temperature down 
to 101.4°. The second injection was made. The improvement 
increased and continued in such a way that in four days the 
patient was convalescent. The sharp condition of the molars, 
which could be detected only after the recovery, were probably 
the cause through which inoculation may have taken place.— 
( Vet. Journal .) 
Masticatory Paralysis in a Dog \By M. W. Pauer., 
M.R.C.V.S.].—This affection, which is characterized by a drop¬ 
ping of the lower jaw and hanging out of the tongue with large 
