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pretty severely burnt, made use of the same application with 
equally satisfactory results. 
An Abnormal Median Nerve. —At this time, where median 
neurotomy is becoming’ quite common in general surgical practice, 
the peculiar anomaly described by Prof. O. C. Bradley, of Edin¬ 
burgh, in the Veterinai^y Jottrnal^ becomes of the utmost impor¬ 
tance to the surgeons, as it is interesting in an anatomical point 
of view. In describing it, the author says : “ The nerve had the 
usual disposition until it arrived at the upper margin of the 
tendon of insertion of the biceps flexor cubitii (flexor brachii). 
At this point a bifurcation into almost equal portions took place, 
one of the branches was placed in front of the posterior radial 
artery, the other behind. Then about 6o m. m. below the point 
of bifurcation, re-union occurred, and a single nerve was again 
produced about the point at which the nerve and artery buried 
themselves below the internal flexor of the metacarpus. The 
re-united nerve, after a course, contributed the customary mus¬ 
cular branch to the flexor in the posterior antibrachial region.” 
Lead Poisoning. —Mr. D. Pugh, M. R. C. V. S., in the 
Veterinary Joiir7ial^ publishes an unusually interesting case 
which occurred in his practice, when seven valuable colts were 
affected with lead poisoning due to a peculiar circumstance. 
After having vainly looked at the conditions of the food, water 
and other surroundings to And lead, he examined the pails, 
which were placed in the boxes where the animals were kept, 
and there found the explanation of all the trouble. The pails 
were the ordinary wooden pails, painted green on the outside 
and white on the inside. The white coating was observed peel¬ 
ing freely and good sized flakes were loose and could be readily 
rubbed off. At the bottom of the pail was a layer of oatmeal 
which had been put in the water, with the idea of chilling it ; 
and mixed with the oatmeal gruel were found many flakes of 
this dry paint, which the colts would lick up after drinking the 
water, thus poisoning themselves. In the preceding summer, 
when they were not required the pails had been put aside, 
allowed to shrink, and when required, again were filled with 
water, which caused them once more to expand ; this shrinking 
and expanding of the wooden pails loosened the paint, which 
fell and got mixed with the oatmeal. The general symptoms 
presented by the animals were the same in all that were affected, 
and all received a treatment similar to that laid down in text 
books, with the result that recovery occurred in all in between 
seven and twenty days. 
