EXTRACTS FROM EXCHANGES. 
melted wax and rolled into a funnel before the wax has time to 
cool. After cooling this funnel is deeply inserted into the ear 
and set afire at the npper free edge. As soon as the funnel has 
burned down to the ear itself the fire is put out and the stump 
of the funnel remaining in the ear is withdrawn, when it is 
found that the lower end of the improvised funnel is filled with 
white more or less dried powder composed of the aural secre¬ 
tions, which were changed into powder by the heat and drawn 
into the funnel’s point by suction induced by the burning of 
the funnel.— (Berl. Thierarzt. JVoc/l) 
Tetanus Cured by Intratracheau Injection of Car- 
BOEIC Acid [ Von C].—B. getting good results from the sub¬ 
cutaneous injection of carbolic acid in human beings suffering 
from tetanus, C. used it for the same purpose in two mules with 
the following results : The mules three times a day received 
intratracheal injections of 3 gr. of carbolic acid crystals in 10 
gr. of pure glycerin. In four days the temperature fell from 
40.6° to 39.4°, the trismus subsided and the mules began to 
eat. After eight days the mules refused to allow any further 
intratracheal medication, so a bolus of 8 gr. of carbolic acid was 
given internally twice a day. Complete cure resulted in one 
case in 20 days, in the other in 30 days. [Whether the car¬ 
bolic acid cured these cases is a mooted question, inasmuch as 
spontaneous cures have resulted in chronic cases of this kind.] 
— {Berl. Thierarzt. Woc/ii) 
Eczema Rubrum in a Dog [Fon. B.~\. —In treating ec¬ 
zema rubrum in doofs the author on different occasions noticed 
that a change in diet exercised a beneficial influence upon the 
course of the disease. In three such dogs that had received 
different kinds of medication without success a change from a 
vegetable to an animal diet caused a disappearance of the ec¬ 
zema in fourteen days. These particular dogs had never re¬ 
ceived animal food before. The author must not be construed 
to believe that abstinence from animal diet caused the eczema, 
but he is of the firm belief that a change in diet (from vegeta¬ 
ble to animal and eventually from animal to vegetable again) is 
of decided benefit in the cure of this disease.— {Berl. Thierarzt. 
Woch.) 
Eactophenin \_Afetz£er~\. —In M.’s experience lactophenin 
deserves special notice. It is a powder only soluble in 55 parts 
of boiling water and in 10 parts of alcohol, externally used in 
human practice. In veterinary practice M. has only discovered 
one report upon its use, viz., by Cadeac (Lyon), who declares it 
