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skin, made with all antiseptic measures to obtain cicatrization 
by first intention, the dressing of Bayer, described in the u nxer- 
cises of Hquine Surgery” of Prof. Cadiot, was applied. During 
the fifteen days following the operation, the patient presented no 
alarming symptoms. After that time the dressing was removed 
and the wound appeared entirely cicatrized. The conclusions 
of the author are that surgical interference is after all the best 
mode of treatment for umbilical hernia, that it deserves entrance 
in ordinary practice, and that the dressing of Bayer must take 
the place of all circular bandages or any other applications 
which are less solid.— (Rec. de Med. Vet.) 
A Suspicious Case of Inoculation of Grease to a 
Rooster [By M. Biot ].—The case is very curious, and prob¬ 
ably unique in scientific records. While making the post-mor¬ 
tem of a cow killed for pleuro-pneumonia, the author had his 
attention called to the case of a rooster which was sick with 
a disease, which, according to the owner, he had caught from a 
horse, which himself was suffering with grease of both hind 
legs. The rooster had lost all his flesh in about two weeks. In 
one of the interdigital spaces there was an ugly granulating 
wound, from which exuded a sticky, viscous fluid, having an 
ammoniacal odor analogous to that of grease in horses. The af¬ 
fection was not localized to the claw, and had a character of 
generalization : The eyes and nasal openings were discharging 
fully a fluid analogous to that of the claw in consistency, color 
and characteristic odor of the discharge of grease. However, 
the animal could eat with great appetite. He constantly 
remained lying with his head under the wing in such a way 
that his feathers were glued together by the discliage of his 
eyes and nostrils, and had a very offensive odor. The inocula¬ 
tion had taken place by the foot of the horse stepping on the 
claw of the bird.— (Rec. de Med. Vet.) 
Collection in the Maxillary Sinuses of the Cow [By 
Mr.J. N. Pries ].—After remarking that he has failed to discover 
this affection described anywhere, the author relates two 
cases of that affection. In the first he failed to establish the 
diagnosis, in the second post-mortem confirmed it. The symp¬ 
toms he observed in the first case were : At first snorting fol¬ 
lowed by a species of coughing, with discharge of a mass as big 
as a hen’s egg, formed of a fibrinous substance, odorless and red¬ 
dish. The eyes are dull, crying, with discharge adherent to 
the cheeks. Transparent, viscous, yellow reddish discharge, 
sometimes mixed with gelatiniform clots and streaked with 
