THERAPEUTICAL REVIEW 
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Laparo-Gastrotomy and Extraction of a Forp:ign 
Body in a Dog \By Mr. J. Hamo^r ^^.—A young dog, playful 
and mischievous, as animals of his age are, is suddenly taken 
with groaning pains and vomiting. He has an abscess on the 
anterior part of the neck, and seems to recover. A short time 
after the symptoms return, the appetite is lost, the dog loses 
flesh rapidly. An abscess Jtorms on the right costal region, this 
ulcerates, and from the ulceration a long pin is partly pulled 
out, but held in place, in the abdomen, by the other extremity. 
The operation, carried out antiseptically, consisted in division of 
the intercostal muscle, exposure of the stomaeh, which is found 
adherent to the tissues surrounding, and whieh carefully sepa¬ 
rated with the blunt end of the scissors, permits the exit of the 
head of the pin and its final extraction; the borders of the 
gastric wound being held by forceps, an aseptic ligature is ap¬ 
plied all round the stump, and passed afterward in front and 
behind through the musculo-eutaneous border of the parietal 
wound. The outside trauma is disinfeeted. Complete diet, 
carefully regulated. Antiseptic lotions. Radical recovery in a 
short time .—{Aiinales de Bn^x.) 
THERAPEUTICAL REVIEW. 
Crfosotf in Chronic Constipation. —Creosote made of 
beeehwood tree, given in doses of a few drops in a little water 
(gradually increasing from i to 8) gives very good results in 
chronic constipation of man. It acts as a tonic and an anti¬ 
septic. Its use in veterinary medicine for dogs would also 
probably be advantageous. 
IMixture against Tapeworm. —Used in human practice 
and recommended also for canines. After the effects of a dose 
of castor oil or of a saline, a dessertspoonful of the following is 
taken every hour: E. Chloroformed alcohol at lo per cent., 8 
grammes; rectified spir. of turpentine and ethered extract of 
male fern, of each 4 grammes; glycerine, 15 grammes. 
To Overcome Tetanic Contractions of the Uterus 
During Labor. —Prof Miiller recommends the administration 
of five drops of the following mixture in a little tepid water: 
E- Tinet of iodine, i gramme; alcohol, 2 grammes.— iThier, 
IVoc/i.) 
Barium Chloride in Tympanites of Cattle. _This 
preparation has been used successfully in that disease, not in 
intravenous injections, as in colics of horses, but in solution of 
