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same plant would have if taken •internally ; he took one, he took 
two doses of the pulp of the Agave Americana; but, he re¬ 
gretted to say, without any effects. I do not know that I am 
mistaken ; I believe in enthusiasm, and can understand how one 
may sometimes do what others will hesitate to, and do it indif¬ 
ferently of any self result—but for the good of all,—but when I 
saw the two arms of this good old gentleman, when I heard him 
relating the experiment on himself, and when I considered his 
age, I could not but feel great respect and admiration for him, 
and thono-ht that he would receive from those he was addressing 
at least a word of thanks. He did not; he did not expect it, and 
seemed to be satisfied to have presented his colleagues with a 
new remedy, a new counter-irritant, which may be advantage¬ 
ously applied in countries where the plant grows—of course, it 
is in warm climates, and veterinarians who in these districts, 
whether as army or private practitioners, may have opportunity 
to use it, may one day thank Mr. Decroix for his discovery. 
X-Rays. —I was shown to-day a number of plates obtained 
by this process. The ordinary usual human hand, specimen from 
a rachitic pig, a horse’s knee, a horse’s foot, and one plate show¬ 
ing the uterus of a guinea-pig, containing two foetuses, well de¬ 
veloped, and in which the positions and presentations of both 
could be readily exhibited. I am promised a more practical ex¬ 
hibition in a few days, and you can be assured you will get the 
details of it. Those that I have seen and those that I am 
promised are from the Alfort School. London first, Alfort next; 
where are our American colleges ? A. L. 
Paris, Franck, June 15, 1897. 
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LUXATION OF THE FEMUR. 
By Wm. V. Lusk, Veterinary Surgeon, Second U. S. Cavalry. 
This is not a mysterious case, but an interesting one, on ac¬ 
count of its. rare occurrence. 
The subject was a mare mule, 19 years of age, used as a pack 
