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EXTRACTS FROM EXCHANGES. 
FRENCH REVIEW. 
Fast of 40 Days in a Cow [A. Liberge\ .—A true case of 
autophagy, if it can be said, was observed by the author upon a 
fine Normandy cow which was in handsome condition. While 
at pasture one fine night it disappeared. Some forty days after 
she was found imbedded between three mows of straw, where 
she had fallen. She was still alive. Her lips were stuck to¬ 
gether by mucus dried on their borders and the buccal en¬ 
trance was completely closed. The straw which surrounded 
her being removed, she was found, almost standing up, in an 
excessive condition of emaciation ; her abdomen tucked up, 
and behind her was a small quantity of faeces, showing that 
her abstinence had been almost complete. She was with diffi¬ 
culty removed to a barn, where with care, milk diet, etc., she 
gradually recovered.— (Rec. de Med. Vet.) 
An Enormous Egagropiue in the Horse [L. Colin\. — 
Returning from military drilling work a mare was taken with 
violent colics, during which she assumed most peculiar posi¬ 
tions: dog sitting, dorsal decubitus, etc. The colics lasted for 
two days and at last the mare died. At the autopsy a hard, 
enormous mass, free of any attachments and easily displaced, 
was found in the diaphragmatic curvature of the large colon. 
It was formed by an agragopile as big as a child’s head ; it 
was smooth, nearly spherical, not adherent to the intestines. 
It was brown in color and had the appearance of a coarse felt, 
formed of hairs glued together ; it weighed 1800 grammes.— 
{Rec. de Med. Vet.) 
Sugar in Moist Dermatosis of the Dog [R. Bissauge]. 
—To satisfy himself of the therapeutical value of sugar, recom¬ 
mended by some in both veterinary and human medicine, the 
author has used it in wounds of the knee, in diseases of the eye, 
principally of the cornea, etc-., but where he has obtained the 
most satisfactory results is with the moist dermatosis of dogs— 
such as impetigo, ecthyma, eczema, etc. Mr. B. has used 
sugar with these, either alone or associated with other sub¬ 
stances, and has obtained very good results. The following are 
some of the preparations he has resorted to : Oxide of zinc 
and powdered sugar, equal parts ; lanoline and vaseline, 20 
grams of each ; sugar and oxide of zinc, of each 15 grams, 2 or 
3 applications a day ; oxide of zinc and sugar, of each 15 grams ; 
gelatine, 25 grams, heat it and apply with a brush. For re¬ 
bellious cases he uses: Tannin or salicylic acid 2 grams, pow- 
