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discontinued after the third or after the fourth day. The skin 
of the udder is not appreciably changed by the inunction, the 
scaling off of the epithelinni being attributed to the energetic 
rubbing. At any rate, without any other medication and with¬ 
out any alteration in the diet, the galactifnge properties of the 
remedy were established. In dogs, to prevent their licking off 
the oil, a cotton compress was applied over the ndder. Here 
also, as in horses, after preliminary emptying of the ndder, 
whether the inunction was stopped on the third or on the fourth 
day the milk secretion stopped usually on the fourth or fifth 
day. Only in one case did the milk secretion continue until the 
seventh day. The skin was unaffected by the remedy. Changes 
in diet or administration of other remedies were here also not 
called into play to establish the galactifnge properties of the 
remedy.— (Berl. TJiierdrzt. JVoc/i.) 
The Value of Hydrastis Canadensis in Bronchial 
Catarrh. —After six years of active trial of the remedy the 
author discovered : ist, a marked diminution of the paroxsyms 
of coughing; 2d, an appreciable easement in the expectoration ; 
3d, an influence upon the secretion of the bronchial mucous 
membrane in such a way that from being purulent in charac¬ 
ter, the secretion became nearly if not altogether mucoid in 
character ; 4th,^ a marked decrease in the physical signs attendant 
upon a bronchial catarrh. The author places the anticatarrhal 
qualities of hydrastis far above those of the other bronchial 
remedies and its sedative effect so marked that he entirely dis¬ 
regards the use of opium and its alkaloids in the treatment of 
consumption in favor of this remedy. He gives 20 to 30 drops 
of the fluid extract in sugared water four times a day to adults ; 
its alkaloid hydrastin is not so reliable. — (BeTl. ThierctTzt. 
Woch.) 
FRENCH REVIEW. 
Volvulus in a Horse—Post-Mortem Rupture of the 
Stomach \By Mr. C. Lesbre\. — A twelve-year-old gelding 
was taken ill and died in a little over 24 hours. He had acute, 
continuous colics, which increased rapidly in severity. The 
pulse became weaker by degrees, his countenance contracted, 
the glare staring. He ground his teeth. The skin and ex¬ 
tremities were cold, and here and there covered with perspira¬ 
tion ; the conjunctivae cyanotic. Under the influence of eserine, 
pilocarpine and rectal injections, a few gaseous evacuations took 
