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a swelling diffused over the right hip, with a small wound, from 
which escapes reddish serosity, having a strong odor, although 
not foetid. Through this wound two fistulous tracts open on the 
outside; one of these is horizontal and runs towards the ischium ; 
the other is vertical. This second tract is freely divided and 
connected with the horizontal one, and the wound thoroughly 
irrigated with phenic solution, 3 per cent. After five days a 
small splinter of bone is found loose in the wound. After a few 
days, as the suppuration seems to increase, the wound is again 
explored with a grooved probe and the finger, when a piece of 
bone as big as a small nut is detected with others smaller. All 
those are extracted, the cavity thoroughly curetted and aseptic 
gauze packed in the wound. The granulations developed rap¬ 
idly, the cavity was soon filled, and the suppuration gradually 
diminishing, recovery was complete after about one month’s 
treatment.—( Journ. de Zootech .) 
Necrosis of the Concha—Deep Fistuea—Operation— 
RECOVERY [By MM. Cadeac and Laravoire]. —A mare was 
bitten on the left ear and the injury had apparently recovered, 
when, two weeks later, the organ became swollen and so pain¬ 
ful that the mare could not be used. An abscess had formed, 
which on being opened gave escape to an oily yellowish fluid 
mixed with cartilaginous pieces. Notwithstanding careful 
attention and antiseptic treatment, the wound kept up discharg¬ 
ing, and a fistulous tract formed, from which flowed the same 
oily liquid. The ear was much deformed, its point drooping 
gave it the aspect of the ear of a dog. As, however, the pro¬ 
cess of necrosis was keeping up and as the animal had become 
very irritable and difficult to handle, an operation was decided 
upon-, in which the central focus of suppuration was freely ex¬ 
posed, and all the necrotic portions of the concha were removed 
and scraped, and a clean wound left, which was treated with 
solutions of bichloride of mercury and iodoform. Recovery 
took place rapidly, the animal remaining with an external ear 
smaller than on the other side.—( Journ de Zootech.') • 
Vesical Calculi in a Slut [By L. Colin]. —For a short 
time this little dog, which is very old, eats very little, has chills 
and breathes asthmatically, and one morning she was found 
dead. At the post-mortem, it was found that the lungs were 
emphysematous, the liver slightly cirrhotic, spleen healthy, the 
kidneys firm, quite red and without calculi. The bladder was 
empty, with mucous membrane somewhat injected, purplish 
towards its neck, which contains six calculi, the largest of 
