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a sudden start, and then stopped dead lame. The age of the 
animal (15 years) and the peculiar formation of the bone may 
account for the suddenness of the fracture, but not for the large 
number of fragments of bone. In the second case, Mr. Irving 
speaks of a well-bred pony which became lame while playing 
polo, when being turned round at a gallop. At the post-mortem 
two fractures of the pelvis were found, which were evidently 
not of the same date, one of them showing evidences of begin¬ 
ning repair, and the surfaces of the bones smooth and bright, 
with an ivory appearance. In the more recent injury the le¬ 
sions were fresher, though the bones were somewhat polished, 
the horse being destroyed only thirty-six hours after the acci¬ 
dent. The presence of the first fracture had not been suspected 
as the animal, though lame, had apparently got over his lameness 
some short time before, and his trouble had been considered 
trifling. When he resumed work, the first fracture certainly in¬ 
terfered with his rapid motion, and may have been the indirect 
cause of the second injury. 
Tuberculosis in Pigs. —In one of the sections of Mr. Cope’s 
report, the Veterinary Record informs us that during the year 
1896, 13,221 viscera were observed at the post-mortem examina¬ 
tions of swine made that year, and that out of that whole num¬ 
ber 159 cases of tuberculosis were found. This, it is claimed, 
represents a fair proportion of the existence of the disease 
among swine, i. ^., rather over one per cent. A very peculiar 
observation is also recorded : It is that, though the chief method 
of transmission from pig to pig is certainly through the com¬ 
mon feeding trough, by ingestion, yet the disease was rarely 
found in any other organ than the lungs and spleen. 
Tetanus and Anti-tetanic Serum. —Notwithstanding all 
that has been written on that question and the proven evidence 
shown by French authorities of the comparatively useless treat¬ 
ment of tetanus by antitoxine, the results obtained by English 
veterinarians seem to be altogether different from those ob¬ 
served on the Continent; and cases of recovery by the anti-tet¬ 
anic serum are recorded now and again in our English ex¬ 
changes. The October issues of the Veterinary Record contain 
several cases where recovery is attributed to that mode of treat¬ 
ment and which was brought on in a comparatively very short 
time. It must be remembered, that while Nocard denies any 
curative power toanti-tetanic injections, he, however, does not 
deny the propriety of their uses—they may not be beneficial, 
but certainly are harmless to' the course of the disease, and may 
