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EXTRACTS FROM EXCHANGES. 
Washings of the Pleura.— Prof. Cadeac, in the Journal of 
Zobtechny, of the Lyons Veterinary School, relates this very in¬ 
teresting case, which shows that surgical treatment in pleurisy 
of horses is perfectly justifiable, even with free incision of the 
pectoral walls. A mare affected with double pleurisy was first 
treated by punctures on both sides, made at the evident part of 
the effusion. On one side the effusion became purulent, there 
was a pleural abscess, which was opened freely, by an incision of 
lo centimeters between the seventh and eighth ribs above the 
spur vein. ^ The pus escaped freely, a drain tube was inserted 
and held in place by a dressing, and irrigation of antiseptic 
solutions were made. During one of the washings the extremity 
of the glass tube used for that purpose broke and could not be 
removed ; notwithstanding which the mare recovered with the 
exception of a small fistulous tract. When Prof. Cadeac saw the 
mare she was in perfect condition of health, with only the 
fistula. He decided to remove the cause of this trouble. He 
cut the tissues over it, sawed the seventh rib a little above the 
tract of the fistula, and with care entered a pyogenic cavity, 
from which the glass tube was extracted. It measured 9 centi¬ 
meters in length and was five millimeters in diameter. The 
mare recovered, though it took a long time for the wound, 
which became fistulous, to heal. It was rebellious to injections 
of sublimate, to saturated solutions of picric acid, or of tincture 
of iodine diluted to the third j it only elosed after two injections 
of the pure tincture. The mare was destroyed shortly after on 
account of a fracture of the right hind leg. At the post-mortem 
were found an almost complete pleuritic union on the right side, 
except near the plaee of the fistula; there was also a little re¬ 
maining pus; the pleural sac had entirely disappeared. 
Dystokia Due to a Uterine Fibrosarcoma. \^By Mr. 
Dossal^ A cow at term is unable for the first time to deliver 
her calf, which is dead and partly decomposed. On examina¬ 
tion of the uterus the cause of the^ dystokia is discovered. It is 
a tumor of the organ, very hard, bosselated, elliptoid in form, 
and without adherence to the foetus. It must be removed before 
the foetus can be extracted. Made loose by careful tearing with 
the hand, a strong ligature is applied upon it and cut in two 
pieces, which were, however, too large to be brought out of the 
uterus. It was necessary to cut several small pieces to extract 
it. The calf was then removed but not without great difficulty. 
The growth weighed seven pounds, measured 30 centimeters in 
length and 18 to 20 in width. It was fibro-sarcomatous in na- 
