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became pregnant a fourth time, and fearing another attack 
which might not be as successful as the preceding, the owner 
sold her for the butchery.—( Revue Veterinaire.) 
An Interesting Case of Renae Abscess in the Horse 
— [By L. Colin\. —This was a very lean animal, which for a 
few days refused his food and passed frequently a muddy, 
whitish urine. He was very dull and often stood with his four 
legs brought close together, his back arched. Urine was expelled 
with difficulty. The animal died after a short time. At the 
autopsy the right kidney was found healthy and weighing 
700 grammes. The left was very large, weighed 1400 grammes 
and bosselated on its posterior extremity. It was continued 
by a large pouch extending as far as the entrance of the pelvis. 
Situated under the transverse processes to the lumbar vertebrae, 
this pouch was 14 centimetres long and 10 high. It con¬ 
tained 3 litres of clear, white yellowish fluid without foetid 
odor. The substance of the kidney was in direct communica¬ 
tion with the pouch by an opening as large as the small finger. 
Its cortical portion was hollowed with cavities filled with sui 
generis pus.— (Rec. de Med. Vet.) 
Necrosis of the Turbinated Bones of a Horse—Sur- 
gicau Treatment—Removal of the Diseased Bones and 
Punching out of a Molar [By M. Breton\ .—A nine-year- 
old horse was brought to the clinic of Alfort, suffering with 
nasal polypus. When examined, roaring was heard in both 
steps of respiration ; there was discharge from both nostrils of a 
muco-purulent nature, and in the right this discharge was 
foetid and bloody. On this side of the face there was a hard, 
painless swelling, evidently filling the superior maxillary bone 
below the turbinated. The left side was normal. The mucous 
membrane on the right nasal cavity was red and inflamed. 
The superior turbinated was swollen, its surface rough and 
covered with hard deposits of various sizes, some of the bony 
pieces sloughing out. The breath was very foetid and charac¬ 
teristic of dental caries, the third upper molar was partly 
broken off and hollowed, with a wide cavity filled with putre¬ 
fied food—maxillary glands were swollen. The diagnosis of 
necrosis of the turbinated by dental caries was evident. Surgi¬ 
cal interference was indicated. After chloralization it consisted 
in : slitting open the nostril by excision of the false nostril, 
removal of a portion of the diseased bone ; at this moment it 
was necessary to perform tracheotomy ; then the upper bony 
wall of the nasal cavity was opened and the remainder of the tur- 
