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for the prevention of cruelty to animals exist, and many others 
^n be seen every day with tails which had been recently docked. 
he question in England has not been solved, and may remain 
unsolved for some time, as long as the Royal Society has not 
obtained the same power as the American 
Bronchorrhcea.— Under this heading Mr. Tames 
t'le Record, reports a rather peculiar case 
ot a gelding which was found “ breathing with great difficulty 
and having a large quantity of frothy fluid pouring from both 
nostrils and the mouth.” The symptoms had lasted for a few 
hours, and the animal was presenting a very pitiable aspect. 
On account of the threatening dyspnoea, the trachea was imme- 
lately slit with a pocket knife, and the edges of the wound kept 
apart by strings tied round the neck. This served the purpose 
ot a tracheotomy tube and gave much relief. Afterwards the 
head of the animal was bent down and from the opening an 
astonishing quantity of fluid escaped. A sedative of morphine 
and atropine was injected subcutaneously, and liniment rubbed 
down the neck and sides of the chest. The next morning the 
animal was convalescent. ^ 
Verminous Aneurism of the Posterior Mesenteric 
and Externae Iuiac, with Rupture of the Latter_ 
Almost every veterinarian has met with cases of parasitic 
aneurisms similar to those referred to by Mr. Hoare in the 
Vetermary Record^ but the complication of rupture of the ex¬ 
ternal iliac IS somewhat unique. A three-year-old filly had 
been ill for some time and one morning fouiM unable to rise, 
blie had total loss of power of the hind extremities, which were 
cold; there was a large swelling of the vulva, upper regions of 
the right thigh and perineal region, with exudation of a thin 
blood-stained fluid. The pulse was weak and irregular, the 
respiration accelerated, visible membranes pale, body covered 
with cold perspiration. The animal died in the evenino-. At 
the post-mortem an extensive verminous aneurism of the pos¬ 
terior mesenteric artery by the accumulation of stro7t^yli armata 
was found. The right external iliac was ruptured and a laro-e 
quantity of clotted blood was present in the surroundino- t?s- 
sues, in which the parasites were plainly visible. 
^ Canine and Feline Surgery.— The surgical field of vet¬ 
erinarians IS said by many not to be as varied as that of man 
and yet when it is considered that all kinds of animals, domestic 
and others, may find themselves surgical patients of a veter¬ 
inarian, and that they may present peculiar and specific forms 
