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the formation of the toxins which paralyze the muscular coat of 
the bowel, thus preventing the habitual obstipation. Hence the 
author recommends this treatment highly in dog practice.— 
(Berl. Thierdrzt. PFoc/i.) 
A New Treatment for Chronic Lameness of the 
Shoulder. — Tempel, of Leipzig, in issue No. 31 of the 
Deutsche Thierdrztliche Wochejischrift iox the year 1897, recom¬ 
mends a very simple treatment for chronic rheumatism of the 
shoulder, viz., one injection subcutaneously into the region of 
the shoulder of the following: Morph, hydrochlorate, 0.2; 
atropia* sulphate, 0.05 ; aquae dest., 20.00, for horses of medium 
weight. After the fourth day following the injection the lame¬ 
ness, provided the diagnosis of its cause is correct, is said to 
promptly and permanently disappear. Such a result he ob¬ 
tained in ten horses thus injected. The author in order to test 
this treatment gave the above injection according to directions 
in the case of a four-year-old horse suffering from chronic rheu¬ 
matism of the shoulder with remarkable success, the lameness 
disappearing permanently after the fourth day. The history 
of the case was as follows : Off and on, even if not continuously, 
for a year the horse after severe exertion went lame on the off 
fore leg. Careful examination elicited shoulder lameness, with 
marked atrophy of the muscles in that region ; otherwise local 
examination elicited nothing positive. Hence the diagnosis of 
chronic rheumatism of the shoulder was rendered fairly certain. 
It disappeared under the above treatment. It would be a great 
boon to the veterinary profession were such an obstinate affec¬ 
tion as the above to give way to such a highly simple procedure. 
The treatment ought most certainly to be brought into vogue 
more extensively.— {Berl. Thierdrzt. JVoch.') 
Oleum Cannabis as a Galactifuge. —The author says 
that the veterinarian is often compelled to check the secretion of 
milk ; for example, in bitches whose offspring have either been 
taken away or have died ; in mares that refuse to suckle their 
young, etc. Up to this lime no efficient remedy has been pro¬ 
mulgated that will accomplish the purpose above desired. He 
has used the oil of “ cannabis sativa,’^ used also for this purpose 
in human practice, with success. In horses the oil was given once 
daily in the shape of warm inunction, the udders having been 
freely milked beforehand in case of marked congestion of the 
same. The quantity diminished after the first inunetion and in 
three to five days the milk usually disappears entirely, and at the 
very latest after eight days, no matter whether the inunction was 
