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tion. ^he best results were obtained in collapse following severe 
haemorrhage in that the normal salt ^ solution or artificial 
serum took the place of the blood lost and excited a haemos¬ 
tatic effect. Also in septic infections and in toxaemias it 
is of value, as can be seen in the following case : A Clydesdale 
mare, weighing 1300 pounds, gave birth to a dead foal and 
developed septic metritis. S. abstracted eight quarts of blood 
with slight improvement in the symptoms. The pulse, until 
now tense in character, became soft. Next morning the symp¬ 
toms became much worse, pulse 160, fever high. Outside of 
local application of weak creoline solution and of potassium 
iodide salve to the uterus, S. injected for a period of 45 minutes 
salt solution into the jugular. The pulse that day fell to 80, 
temperature remained the same, and the patient voided three or 
four times clear colored urine. Next day injections were re¬ 
peated. During this injection a little air entered the jugular 
through carelessness of author, increasing pulse rate to 100, 
causing patient to lie down in pain after a period of ten minutes 
and breathe more rapidly as well as to break out in profuse 
perspiration. This unlucky episode, however, was unaccom¬ 
panied by anything more serious, the disquieting symptoms sub¬ 
siding again in a few hours. After two days all signs of metritis 
had vanished. The solution used consisted of a tablespoonfnl 
of common salt to a quart of boiled water. Infusion of normal 
salt solution is indicated in life-threatening haemorrhages, in 
septic or uraemic conditicns present in infectious diseases and in 
toxaemias (tetanus, haemoglobinuria, strychnine poisoning). In 
poisonings the intravenous injection of salt solution should 
always precede venesection. — (Berl. Thierdrzt. IVocli.) 
Cleft Palate in a Stallion. —A two-year-old stallion 
after eating always regurgitated some of his fodder through 
the nostrils. A cleft 9 c. m. in the hard palate showed itself ; 
the lower border of the septum nasi could be felt in the centre 
of the cleft which was 4 c. m. wide. Mother and father had 
normal palates.— {Berl. Thierdrzt. IVocli.) 
Passage of a Tracheotomy Tube into the Trachea. 
—A rectangularly bent tube, that had been temporarily inserted 
into the trachea of a horse suffering from pharyngo-laryngitis 
suddenly slipped into the trachea and threatened to suffocate 
the animal. As the tube was out of the reach of the finger, a 
second incision was made lower down, and the finger inserted, 
when it came against the tube, which was forced against the 
new wound by the effort of coughing induced by the introduc- 
