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ommended by Dr. Lanzilotti-Buonsanti, and already success¬ 
fully performed by Moline and Dabat, this operation has also 
given good results in the hands of the author with a two-year- 
old steer. He performed as follows : After disinfection as 
thorough as the region permitted, an incision was made with 
the straight bistoury, through the skin and the subcutaneous 
tissue below and about two fingers wide from the anal opening. 
Through the incision a probe was introduced between the sphinc¬ 
ter and the rectal serous, and a blunt bistoury was introduced 
into the tract and the muscle divided from downwards upwards 
—that is, from its circumference towards the centre of the anus. 
The anus was kept dilated by the introduction of the hand into 
the organ. There was but little haemorrhage. The wound was 
closed with two stitches and dressed with iodoformed collodion. 
—(^Clinic Vet.) 
Shoulder Lameness Cured by Injections of Saturated 
Solutions of Chloride of Sodium {By Dr. G. Plotte\ . —A 
fonr-year-old filly is lame on both fore legs (shoulder lameness), 
more marked on the left side. She receives four injections of 
saturated solutions (9 c. c. on the right shoulder and 5 c. c. on 
the left), carefully observing all rules of antisepsy. Three 
days after the parts are the seat of an oedema and present sev¬ 
eral points of abundant suppuration. Gradually the swelling 
and suppuration diminish, and the movements of the animal 
improve until complete recovery, which took place in about one 
month from the first day of treatment.— (^Clinic Vet.) 
MISSOURI VETERINARY BILL. 
AN ACT TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF VETERINARY MEDI¬ 
CINE, VETERINARY SURGERY, OR ANY BRANCH THEREOF, 
INCLUDING VETERINARY DENTISTRY, IN THE STATE OF 
MISSOURI, AND PRESCRIBING PENALTY FOR THE VIOLA¬ 
TION OF THE SAME. 
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Mis¬ 
souri^ as follows : 
Section i. Immediately after this act goes into effect, the 
Governor shall appoint a board to be known as the “ State 
Board of Veterinary Examiners,” which shall consist of five 
veterinarians, each of whom shall be a graduate of a recognized 
and legally chartered veterinary school, college or university ; 
each shall have had not less than five years actual practice in 
his profession subsequent to his graduation, and shall be a resi- 
