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as a laxative, and a mixture of zinc, aromatic spirits of am¬ 
monia, belladonna, and ginger, in small doses, was given every 
three hours for two days, along with warm enemas of soapy 
water. Externally warm-water blankets were kept on abdo¬ 
men for 24 hours. Next day patient was urinating freely, 
without blood, but bowels still confined, and appetite gone. 
Still occupied standing position, but less uneasy. Removing 
pledget urachus was found closed as before; repacked the open¬ 
ing. Four ounces fluid extract of cascara sagrada were given, 
continuing stimulant mixture, enemas, and hot cloths. In 24 
hours more there was marked improvement, taking some nour¬ 
ishment and resting easily, but no action of bowels. The blan¬ 
kets were now discontinued and four ounces each of castor oil 
and linseed oil were given, which caused evacuation in fifteen 
hours. Removal of pledget was not followed by haemorrhage, 
but a slight leakage of urine and some pus. From this on im¬ 
provement continued, making a complete recovery. 
SPANISH REVIEW. 
Veratrine in Indigestions of Cattle \By T. Romo y 
Bermejo ^^.—An eight-year-old steer presented the following 
symptoms : Right sterno-costal decubitus, dullness, loss of ap¬ 
petite and rumination, partial chills, looks to left flank; pulse 
rapid, respiration accelerated, mucous membranes injectecL 
Pressure on the left flank revealed large accumulation of food 
in the rumen. Treatment—8 centigrammes of veratrine in 
alcoholic solution (1-20), after disinfection of the skin with 
sublimate. A great improvement took place in 20 minutes. A 
second injection, made two hours later, removed all the general 
symptoms. A third injection, however, was thought advisable, 
and recovery had so far progressed that the animal took food 
the next day with great relish .—{Gasetta de Med. Veterin.) 
Vaginal Polypi in Cows. —Mr. D. Luis Saniz, in the same 
journal, records cases of which the true etiology was unfortu¬ 
nately not established. Being called one day to attend a three- 
year-old cow, advanced in gestation, which had large polypi of 
the vagina, he extirpated them by amputation and cauterization. 
Recovery was eomplete in a few days. Several weeks later the 
author had the opportunity to observe the same trouble in sev¬ 
eral cows of a close-by farm. The cows were all in good con¬ 
dition and also far advanced in gestation. The polypi were 
also quite large and occupied the vagina. The same treatment 
