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when the wound was then dressed with either chinosol, iodo¬ 
form or boric acid ; all the wounds were covered first with 
antiseptic wool and then with butter muslin, which is less 
irritating and prevents the access of flies. Most horses were 
operated upon for the removal of the foreign bodies which were 
accessible, in the standing position, sometimes even without a 
twitch.— {Vet. Record .) 
Fractured First Ribs \By W. IV. Goldsmith, M. R. C. 
VS .]—To serve to add to the history of u dropped elbow,” 
with fracture of the first rib, the author reports the history of 
an aged mare to which he was called to relieve from an at¬ 
tack of colic. He left her after being a while comparatively 
easy, but when he returned a few hours later, he found her very 
lame on the off fore leg, with her elbows dropped. She ate 
well. In the morning she was unable to get up, except after 
considerable struggling, and then stood only for a few minutes. 
She was slaughtered, and at the post-mortem the first and 
second ribs were found broken on both sides. The author be¬ 
lieves that she tried to lie down during the night, and the off 
leg being powerless she fell on the sternum, breaking the near 
ribs.— ( Vet. Record .) 
Accident to the Foot of a Horse \_By A. Roger son, 
R R. C. V. S.]. —A brown gelding, 13 years of age, was used 
for the class of work known as truck shunting, and for seven 
or eight years he had done his work well, without mishap be¬ 
yond a few slight injuries. One day while he was pulling an 
empty truck, his near hind leg slipped and the wheel passed 
over the outside corner of the shoe ; the horse felt the resistance, 
made a greater effort to release his foot, and in so doing snatched 
his foot completely out of the horny box. He was destroyed at 
once. Previous to this accident the foot of this animal had 
been perfectly healthy and sound, and neurotomy had never 
been performed on him.— {Vet. Record .) [A similar accident 
occurred to a horse in Brooklyn. Becoming cast in his stall, he 
pushed his off hind foot through the stall partition, the shoe 
catching firmly in the opening, and he was found the next 
morning minus the entire hoof, which had parted from the 
keratogenous membrane with very little laceration. *1 he 
foot was perfectly healthy, and the hoof has been in my collec¬ 
tion of specimens ever since.—R. R. B.] 
Ceeeoidin and Chinosou \By E. P. Edwards.]. — Cel- 
loidin.—Vox the author, this substance is far superior to collodion 
for fresh and surgical wounds with a view to obtaining healing 
