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■first; at a second, however, a piece of wire was detected. It is 
secured across the pharynx, obliquely from upwards downwards, 
and right to left. Its lower extremity pierced through the 
wall of the pharynx, back of the pillars of the soft palate, which 
is immobilized, its upper extremity rests near the gutteral open¬ 
ing of the right nasal cavity. The wire was removed compara¬ 
tively easily and the animal presented no complication. 
Amyotrophy of the Antea and Postea Spinatis 
(Sweeny) by Contusions of the Subscapular Nerve.-^ 
I^Ir. C. Lesbre related that a mare, ridden under the saddle, ran 
away, threw her rider and fell violently on the right side. She 
gets up with difficulty, is lame on three legs. She is placed in 
slings, a blistering friction is applied on the point of the shoul¬ 
der. After a few hours’ rest, she seems better. She can walk 
some ; when the right fore leg is put on the ground, the point 
of the shoulder is suddenly carried outwards, and projects out¬ 
wards as if there was luxation of the shoulder. Excluding .the 
diagnosis of rupture of muscles by the absence of greater in¬ 
flammatory signs and more marked lameness, the case was con¬ 
sidered as one of contusion of the subscapular nerve, with 
paralysis of th'e muscles where it ramifies. Progressive atrophy 
soon revealed itself and rapidly resulted in a complete emacia¬ 
tion of the shoulder. The long abductor of the arm, however, 
remained of its • natural size, or perhaps is somewhat hyper¬ 
trophied—it does not receive its nervous supplies from the 
same source. After i8 months the atrophy still exists, except 
the antea spinatis, which has improved. The only treatment 
used has been moderate exercise and proper gymnastic practice. 
Perhaps electrotherapy might help.-—(y. de Zootechnie). 
Wound, Exfoliation and Transversal Section of the 
Extensors of the Phalanges of the Right-Hind Leg 
\By Prof. A. Labal ].—The record of this unusually interesting 
case is that of a mare which, during the passage over a platform 
to enter a railroad car, made a misstep and partly fell in such a 
manner that her right hind leg was caught between the car and 
the platform. In trying to free herself, she struggled violently 
and made a large wound in front of her cannon bone, just below 
the hock, with irregular and ragged borders, at the bottom of 
which appeared the tendons of both extensors of the phalanges 
cut half way in their thickness ; the little pedal muscle was 
partly cut, and the tendon of the flexor metatarsi was also 
slightly affected. The case was serious on account of the aspect 
of the wound, as well as by the conditions of the tendons, which 
