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EXTRACTS FROM EXCHANGES. 
GERMAN REVIEW. 
By Adolph Eichhorn, D.V.S., New York City. 
Sugar and Glycerin as Ecboeics in the Practice of 
Obstetrics. —An instructive article recently appeared in the 
Progres Agricole in which Veterinarian Elvire discussed the 
important properties which sugar and glycerin possess, es¬ 
pecially when used in indolent cases of parturition, and also in 
cases of retained afterbirth. The author mentions instances 
where the farmers, as soon as they noticed an abnormality in the 
progress of labor, began the use of one of these remedies, to 
hasten parturition. They administered these remedies chiefly 
iu warm alcoholic drenches (wine, beer, whiskey), as their use 
had great influence, especially in the first stage of the expul¬ 
sion, and when the appearance of the afterpains are delayed or 
unsatisfactory. The strong stimulating effect of sugar in uterine 
contraction is not as yet well known, but was also considered 
at the gynseological department of the University of Geuf. The 
author confirms this favorable and almost positive action in 
animals. The dose for horses and cattle is ioo to 200 grammes, 
in a solution with or without alcohol, to be given especially in 
cases where the first labor pains are weak, or where exhaus¬ 
tion of the animal is noticed ; but there are many other demands 
for it in parturition where it can be used with great success. 
In cows and in other ruminants the solution is greatly lost in 
the different stomachs; therefore, it is advisable to administer 
the solution per rectum, which, previous to the injection, is to be 
emptied. Glycerin is given in the same dose ; it is absolutely 
harmless, and it is advisable to saturate cotton in the solution, 
and fill the rectum with it in that way. 
Treatment of Carcinomas with Electricity [Dr. J. A. 
Riviere , Paris \.—At the International Congress of Medical 
Electrology and Radiology, which was held in Paris from July 
27th to August 1st, 1900, Dr. Riviere, of Paris, reported the 
treatment of cancers, and claimed that the same can be cured 
through special mono and bipolaric streams of high tension. 
The judicious application of this stream brings about the fol¬ 
lowing effects : (1) A thermo-electric-chemical influence, 
whereby the neoplastic tissues are thrown out ; when the para¬ 
sitic theory is admissible through its actinic rays, the micro¬ 
organisms and their toxins become annihilated. (2) A tropho- 
