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operator. They have obtained excellent and rapid success in 
the treatment of stickfasts of the back, of the withers or of the 
ribs. The wounds of the superior border of the neck were 
slower to heal, probably on account of the difficulty in adapting 
the pressure, but in the treatment of scratches at the fold of the 
coronet, or of burns, either of the sole of the foot or of the skin, 
the results were very satisfactory. The dressing is very simple ; 
a small pad of sterilized cotton, dipped first in the solution and 
then squeezed out, is applied directly on the wound ; a second 
pad is placed over it and completes the dressing, which is held 
in place by bandage, surcingle or any adhesive apparatus.— 
{Rec. de Med. Vet.) 
Chronic Amaurosis and Temporary Kpistaxis. —These 
are recorded by Mr. Loriot, in the Recueil de Med. Vet.^ as 
complications that he has met with in a case of jaundice of the 
horse. This animal had presented all the symptoms of that 
disease, and as he began to recover was taken with an abundant 
epistaxis, which seemed to be the last evolution of the disease, 
as the animal soon appeared to be in perfect health, with the 
exception of the peculiarity of his movements, which were those 
of a blind horse. And blind he was. There was a well marked 
amaurosis of both eyes, which, notwithstanding a treatment well 
prescribed, remained permanent, and was still present several 
months after his attack of jaundice. This is certainly a com¬ 
plication worth noticing and deserving of record. 
Rupture of the Internal Insertion of the Cap of 
THE Perforates and Luxation of the Tendon on the 
External Face of the Hock. —Lesions of this nature are 
rare, and but few have recorded them in veterinary journals. 
This case has, therefore, a great interest, and is related by Mr. 
Jobelot in the Rec. de Med. Vet. After a steeplechase run 
Quartier, a thoroughbred, is pulled up very lame on the right 
hind leg. The hock is very much swollen, the leg moves all in 
one piece, without flexion, the animal rests on his toe. Con¬ 
tinued irrigation, then blistering gave some relief; by degrees 
the lameness diminished, and as the swelling seemed to remain, 
rest and douches repeated during the day were prescribed. A 
month later the animal was comparatively free from lameness, 
and as the inflammatory swelling had subsided, the following 
conditions were observed : “ Above the os calcis, the cord of the 
hock is larger than normal and keeps enlarging until the cap at 
the os calcis. There this cap is half way deviated outwards ; it 
is twice its ordinary size and forms a quite regularly oval, thick 
