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gullet need not be as large as would otherwise be the case, and 
(2d) because the muscular separation is of the smallest possible 
dimension, allowing of the greatest amount of recontraction of 
muscle after operation. I sewed up the skin only. A fistula re¬ 
sulted for twelve days. In five weeks complete cure was estab¬ 
lished. During treatment give only soft feed and no hay what¬ 
ever for the first few days.— {Berl. Thierdrzt. J^oc/i.) 
INF1.UENZA IN THE Horse at Cape Colony. —In Cape 
Colony an epizootic malady exists characterized by catarrhal in¬ 
flammation of the upper air passages and intense nervous de¬ 
pression. The malady begins with a chill and frequent dry, 
-short cough. The trachea and larynx are involved, but there is 
no especial swelling of the glands of the neck ; there is high 
fever, intense depression with hanging of the head ; pulse 80- 
100 per minute, respiration increased ; there may and may not 
be a nasal discharge ; appetite diminished ; lids swollen and 
conjunctiva congested; lachrymation ; the horse is nnsteady in 
his gait. In mild cases the fever subsides in a few days and 
conWlesence occurs. But in many cases diarrhoea and bowel 
inflammation set in, occasionally laminitis. Other complica¬ 
tions are bronchitis and pneumonia, resulting from^ the pulmo¬ 
nary congestion. Rheumatism frequently occurs in the above 
mentioned epidemic. This rare complication manifests itself 
, by pain and stiffness and swelling of the muscles and tendons 
1 near the joints. These swellings, also present frequently in 
I the muscle layers of the chest and vaginal regions, are at- 
; tributed by the author to the cardiac weakness present in this 
disease. Independently of rheumatism, however, a stiff gait 
often manifests itself due entirely to the elimination of motion 
from the swelling of muscles. The commonest sequela at Cape 
Colony to influenza was morbus maculosus. The treatment calls 
for good nursing in hygienic stalls and especially for good dry 
straw. The high mortality at Cape Colony must be ascribed to 
carelessness in the management of the stalls.— (Bert. Thierdrzt. 
Woch.) 
V ENGLISH REVIEW. 
Strange Cause of Ruptured Uterus [By A. T. Hut- 
Wion \.—At the post-mortem of a mare in foal, which was found 
Ij^taggering in a field early in the morning, having been seen the 
''previous evening apparently in perfect health, and which had 
Tidied shortly after, extensive peritonitis was found, due to a nip- 
