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\\ hile he was iiiider the influence of chloroform, the skin was 
incised, exposing the abdominal walls torn and the abdominal 
contents weie found forming the mass, black and surrounded 
by clotted blood. Portions of the peritoneum and omentum 
were excised, the peritoneal edges brought together with fine 
carbolized cat-gnt sutures and afterwards the abdominal muscles, 
then the skin. On the outside boracic acid and iodoform, with 
gauze, kept the wound antiseptic. The patient was fed with 
essence of beef and did well at first, but towards the ninth day 
he showed signs of pneumonia, and died on the tenth. The 
lesions were those of infectious pneumonia. Under the skin 
the whole body was black and covered with nnmerons little 
abscesses. The wound of the operation was doing well._(F^/- 
ermaiy Record.') 
Needle in the CEsophagus of a Doo.-It is well known that 
young dogs frequently snifer from the presence of foreign bodies 
in the oesophagus. Mr. A. H. Clapp has had occasion to remove 
from one of them a needle which he had swallowed and which 
his throat, giving rise to bloodv vomiting, in¬ 
ability to swallow and frequent attempts at deglutition.^ On 
the left side of the throat, a little below the jaw, a slight pro¬ 
jection could be detected, which was painful on pressur^ With 
the^ use of cocaine, an incision was made over the skin of the 
projecting part, and on feeling with the finger, a sharp projection 
was felt, which being cut upon proved to be a needle, which 
\\as extracted with a pair of forceps, drawing along several 
inches of cotton, tied with a large knot .—{Veterinary Record.) 
Two Cases of Orchitis in the Dog. —In the Veterinary 
Record Wx. G. Mayal, M. R. C. V. S., records two cases of this 
affection, which is not common, taking into consideration the 
exposed position of these organs to blows or external violence. 
One of them had both testicles affected, the other only one. 
W ith both animals, though of variable degree, the symptoms 
were the .same, viz.: Staggering gait, inability or disinclination 
to cock the leg when micturating, dragging of the hind legs, 
testicles swollen and painful to the touch. In one animal the 
temperature rose to 105°. The treatment consisted in laxatives, 
omentations three or four times a day, and belladonna liniment, 
and between the fomentations bags of ice. Internally the ani¬ 
mals received iodide of potassium and liquor arsenicalis. In 
the one which was less affected, instead of ice bags a liniment 
of aconite, chlorhydate of ammonia and nitrate of potassium 
was used externally. This last dog made a good recovery in a 
