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evenly fluctuating masses, not adherent to the internal face of 
the skin, nor to the tissues underneath. They contained a 
citrine fluid, transparent, odorless, slightly yellowish and 
measuring about 1800 grammes in quantity. The internal face 
of the cysts were smooth 5 the cavity multilocnlar, and divided 
into lodges of various sizes ; they were lined with a thin trans¬ 
parent membrane formed of conjunctive tissue lined inside by 
epithelial cells.” Besides these cystic productions, the sub¬ 
cutaneous connective tissue of the foetus was the seat of an 
oedema, easily depressed and pitting on pressure.— de 
Med. leL) 
Notes upon Infectious Paralysis [By Mr. Quentin de 
Serancourf]. —These are truly the observations of a close ob¬ 
server, who relates the symptomatology of the affection which 
has received that name in some parts of Burope, principally in 
France, and which for want of a better name is known in the 
United States by that of epizootic spinal meningitis. The his¬ 
tory of the two outbreaks that he has witnessed, the manner the 
symptoms occurred, their mode of manipulation, the rapidity 
of the disease, its fatality—everything points to the fact that 
the affection he describes and which is so common in the United 
States, leads one to believe they are identical. The author does 
not give any indications of treatment different from those that 
are commonly known, and while he accepts its contagious (?) 
character as positive, he still puts the questions, “ Where and 
how does the infectious element develop ? Are the lesions of 
the genito-urinary apparatus primitive or are they symptom¬ 
atic?”— {Rec. de Med. Vet.) 
AMERICAN REVIEW. 
Twist or Rotation of the Colon [By Thomas V. Shnp- 
son^ V. A., Yorktown^ Canada?^. —A three-year-old^ driving 
gelding, of 900 pounds, was taken sick during the night, and 
on following morning presented these symptoms: Subacute ab¬ 
dominal pain, lying down a great deal, passing a small quantity 
of faeces; animal dull, rubbing tail against stall ; pulse slightly 
faster, but temperature normal. No impaction of colon de¬ 
tected by rectal exploration. The treatment consisted in ad¬ 
ministration of one ounce of aloes and two drachms ginger in 
solution. Patient worse in the afternoon, no faeces being passed. 
Barium chloride, gr. vii, given intravenously, after which hard 
faeces were passed, aided by clysters of warm water. By night 
