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feet) from the pylorus, near the small curvature of the intestine, a 
small lipoma (weighing 75 grammes—two ounces and a half), 
supported by a peduncle, 10 centimetres long, and which had 
rolled round a loop of intestines, 35 centimetres long, and 
strangulated. The strangulation was so severe that it had made 
a deep mark on the intestinal surface. The tumor was formed 
by a mass of soft fat enclosed in an envelope from the mesentery ; 
the peduncle was made of the same peritoneal structure with a 
few streaks of connective tissue. 
Accidental Laceration of the GBsophagus [By M. 
Caro 7 t \.—A mule presented at the morning inspection an 
cedematous swelling, warm, but not very painful, under the 
breast and extending back near the middle of the sternum. In 
the afternoon he discharges very freely from both nostrils. The 
next day he is in about the same condition, but exhales an in¬ 
fectious odor, his nostrils are covered with the discharge, his 
breath is foetid, a small tumor has formed on the middle of the 
left jugular groove, the oedema of the breast has extended some¬ 
what upwards, no appetite, excessive thirst. The following 
day the small tumor of the neck has increased. At a point 
where fluctuation was perceptible the mortified skin breaks and 
permits the escape of excessively foetid gas. A puncture 
causes a flow of purulent serosity of a repulsive odor. No 
change for twelve hours, when at last at the bottom of the 
wound is observed an opening through the oesophagus, prob¬ 
ably due to the deglutition of a sharp thorn concealed in the 
hay ; this has pierced the oesophagus, permitted the introduction 
of food and liquids into the cellular tissue and into the muscles ; 
then formation of the abscess, expulsion of the thorn (the cause 
of all the trouble), and then gradual return to health. During 
the whole disease the treatment was of an expectant nature, 
deodorizing and antiseptic ; and also after, when the positive 
diagnosis had been made by the discovery of the lesion of the 
oesophagus.— {Rec. de Med. Vet.) 
Picric Acid as a Dressing for Wounds [By MM. 
Deysme and Vairori \.—These veterinarians have given picric 
acid a trial in the dressing of wounds and have obtained excel¬ 
lent results with it, which they consider as endowed with three 
principal qualities : antiseptic, stimulant of keratogenous action 
and analgesic. They have used a solution made of 10 grammes 
of picric acid, 50 grammes of alcohol at 65°, 1000 grammes of 
water. The alcohol facilitates the washing off of the yellow 
•coloration which remains on the tissues or on the hands of the 
