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incr been affected with distemper, had presented several sequelae 
among which occurred first a large abscess of the left g ntea 
region, then afterwards one of the pelvic cavity with formation 
of a fistnlons tract opening on the left side of the vulva, between 
this natural opening and the corresponding ischial^ tnberosity. 
Explored to recognize its condition, enlarged to permit the es¬ 
cape of the pns and the antiseptic segment, the mare would have 
made a comparatively quick recovery had it not been for a 
paresia of the fetlock of the hind leg, which soon became a true 
paralysis of the whole leg—conditions which were attributed by 
the author to neuritis of the small femero-popliteal nerve or at 
least of the anterior tibial, complicated with neuritis of the 
branch of the posterior crural muscles; evidently these lesions 
were characterized by special manifestations of locomotion, 
first by weakness at the fetlock, difficulty in carrying weight, sud¬ 
den dropping of the joint, atrophy of the muscles, etc. No 
special form of treatment was followed, but the mare was left 
loose in a box with a large paddock connected with it, in which 
she was able to go and exercise herself. The improvement was 
very slow. There was no change the first two months, the third 
and fourth months she began to move better, to support the 
weio-ht of her body, her muscles were slow to resume their nor- 
mal^size, but after six months of this natural repair, the 
was comparatively recovered and able to resume her work. To 
resume, says the author, the mare has presented, as sequelae of 
distemper, two important accidents : abscesses of fie 
and localized paralysis by multiple-neuritis (polyneuritis) affect¬ 
ing distinct muscular groups. The first have been often ob¬ 
served. The second must be more rare and have not yet been 
related. The abscesses followed their course in the ordinary 
time. The patient recovered more slowly from the motor dis¬ 
turbances ; motoricity returned gradually in the affected muscles ; 
the atrophy of the muscles was long in disappearing. {Rev, 
Jdeterin,] 
Metrorrhagia in a Heifer \^Ry Leblanc^. Uterine 
hsemorrhages may be classified into three categories. In the 
first are found those that occur during gestation or after parturi¬ 
tion. In the second, those that are sometimes observed during 
the rutting season. In the third those that are seen outside o 
o-estation and not when the animal is in heat. The case re¬ 
corded by the author belongs to this third class. The animal 
had been ailing for twenty-four hours, her urine was colored 
red at the time of micturation ; there was a stream of blood 
