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wcig'lied two pounds, and consisted of yoiing" new connective 
tissue, with some coagulated blood. Evidently the lesion was 
at first an hcematoma which had slowly been transformed into a 
true connectivoma .—{Clinica Veter.) 
C01.D Abscesses of the Mastoido-Humeraeis. —As a modi¬ 
fication to the old and classical mode of treatment of cold ab¬ 
scesses of the neck, viz., the exploration of the growth, followed 
by deep puncture and cauterization with the actual cautery. 
Prof. N. Ennzillotti-Bnonsanti records the success which he has 
obtained in the treatment of four cases, three of which were 
operated on by direct free incision upon the whole extent of the 
tumor, down to the centre of the abscess, with the direct extir¬ 
pation of all the tissues infiltrated, until healthy structure is 
reached. The wound being afterward closed with a drainage 
tube in position for disinfection. One of these patients de¬ 
veloped azotnria a very short time after the operation and was 
treated according to Dieckerhoff’s method, viz., the administra¬ 
tion of bicarbonate of soda, which he received in doses from 10 
to 16 ounces three times a day. These three patients recovered 
from their abscesses in about two weeks. 
PREVENTION OF SPLENETIC FEVER. 
To The Breeders Gazette 
The communication of oneof yonr readers, Mr. Price, of Ox¬ 
ford, Miss., addressed to Secretary Wilson, has been referred to 
this bureau for leply. He states that he has made earnest effort 
to acclimate Shorthorn cattle in his county during the past two 
years, but has so far failed to find a way to prevent splenetic 
fever among them or to cure the disease when it appears, and 
requests such information as the department is able to o-ive in 
regard to this subject. ^ 
The cure of Texas fever, especially with beef breeds or with 
cows in milk, is a very difficult matter. In fact medicines ap¬ 
pear to have very little, if any, effect on the course of the 
disease with such animals. The only hope, therefore, is in pre¬ 
vention. In taking animals to the South it is found that young 
animals, six months to a year old, resist the disease much better 
than the older ones. vSoiiie breeders have succeeded in acclimat¬ 
ing a herd of breeding Short-horn cattle by taking calves to the 
South and building up their herd from those which live. The 
losses, however, are generally quite heavy. It has been found 
by the experiments of this bureau that animals may be inocu- 
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