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about three inches from the oesophageal groove. The thicken¬ 
ing was very slight. Rumen and reticulum contained little 
food. Omasum and abomasum were impacted, with their 
mucous membrane thickened. There was an annular constric¬ 
tion in the duodenum feeling like a small scirrhus in one part. 
There was no ulceration, nor any enlargement of the lymphatic 
glands .—{VeL Record^ 
Milk Fever. —The modes of treatment of this affection are 
very numerous, and each has its advocates. Of late the Veteri¬ 
nary Record has called the attention of its readers to a new 
method which from the name of its author has received that of 
Schmidt’s treatment. Several writers, W. Perchale, R. Barron, 
McOavin and Hardcastle, have published in our worthy con¬ 
temporary a number of cases, some successful and others fatal, 
which are deserving of notice ; especially the successful ones, 
which cannot fail to invite a trial of the new method. The 
translation of the description given by Veterinary Surgeon J. 
Schmidt, of Kolding, can be condensed as follows: “The 
udder is stripped, cleansed with soap and water and disin¬ 
fected with lysol solution, 7-10 gr. of iodide of potassium are 
dissolved in a litre of fresh boiled water. When the solution 
has cooled to 40° or 42° it is infused in equal portions into the 
udder at the four teats, with disinfected wide-bore milk cath¬ 
eters. The infusion has to be accompanied with continued 
massage of the udder. If the pulse is weak and syncope is 
feared, 5 g. of caffeine are given in salicylate of sodium solution. 
At the same time the cow is wisped down, warmly clothed and 
receives every two or three hours an oleaginous salt clyster. If 
there is no difficulty in swallowing aloes is given internally.” 
Out of 50 cases of varying severity, Veterinarian Schmidt 
claims to have saved 46. Comatous condition disappears in 
four hours, 36 animals got up within 24 hours and some of 
them in 5, 6, and 7 ^ hours. These satisfactory results seem to 
have been obtained also by others.— (Vet. Record.) [In this 
issue of the Review is begun a translation of Schmidt’s im¬ 
portant article, and our readers are referred to it for full details. 
—Editor.] 
FRENCH REVIEW. 
Rupture of the Kidney in a Dog \_By J. B. Scoffie '].— 
Rupture of the kidney, with fatal consecutive haemorrhage, is 
rare in our domestic animals. An i8-months-old dog, appear- 
