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solution of boracic acid. The mare has been kept at work, and 
to-day urinates quite normally, and has improved in condition. 
To the readers of the Review this may not be of much in¬ 
terest, but to me it is, on account of the mare doing her share 
of work each day, and the stone being removed without throw¬ 
ing- _ * 
GRAFTING DOG SKIN ON SHETEAND PONY. 
By George Cohen, D.V.S., New York City. 
On the first day of July, 1897, I was called upon to treat a 
buckskin mare, four years old, 10^ hands high, suffering from 
a severe inflammation, which was manifested by a wound six 
and one-half inches wide and about nine inches long on the 
superior face of the superficial gluteus muscle. The only his¬ 
tory I could obtain was that about a week previous to my call 
the owner, Mr. Abraham Levy, of Arverne, Long Island, was 
driving her, and suddenly a large bug, resembling the common 
stinging bee, alighted upon the animal at the point of the 
wound, a small stream of blood was noticed oozing from the 
wound caused by the insect. 
I treated the wound antiseptically, and noticed in a few 
days time that the skin refused to heal and no granulations were 
present. The owner valuing the animal as a pet, and not de¬ 
sirous of losing a few dollars in these hard times, I deemed it 
advisable as heroic treatment to try skin grafting. The reali¬ 
zation was greater than the anticipation, for, after following 
closely the mode of operation of skin grafting in the human 
subject, I was rewarded by seeing healthy granulation taking 
place, and to-day the wound is only noticeable by a little differ¬ 
ent color in hair, as the dog’s hair was of a lighter color than 
that of the mare. 
VAEVUEAR DISEASE OF HEART IN THE HORSE. 
By Francis Abele, Jr., Quincy, Mass. 
A horse had history of having a “ fit ” every time they took 
him out. It was a noble brown high-school horse, about eleven 
years old ; was one of a gentleman’s pair, and good in saddle or 
harness, or single or double. He had a nervous disposition, but 
was perfectly controlable. Was told he would begin to sweat, 
seem in pain and showed unmistakable expression of what 
would happen, would reel, possibly fall. When up would go 
right along about his business. They had bled him, cut down 
his grain, etc., but all to no purpose; then called the veterinary. 
Suspected, so examined heart. Found it fluttering; proba- 
