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the strings into the abdomen the cutaneous wound was closed. 
The little patient was sent home after ten days in full conval¬ 
escence.—( Veterin. Journal .) 
Separation of Upper Epiphyses of Both Humeri in a 
Mare [By H. Thackeray , Student Royal Vet. College , London \. 
—This is very interesting, probably unique, in that only an im¬ 
perfect history could be obtained and explanation scarcely 
given. A three-year-old mare is turned loose in a small croft, 
where at midday she is seen feeding quietly, and half an hour 
after found down and unable to get up. There is no external 
signs of injury, except large swelling at the point of the shoul¬ 
der. By examination and manipulation an apparent fracture of 
the upper end of the humerus is revealed. To place the mare 
in slings, she is turned over and then a similar condition is 
found on the other shoulder. The mare was destroyed. At 
post-mortem the upper epiphyses of both humeri were found 
separated from the shafts of the humerus, remaining in their 
normal positions, in apposition to the glenoid cavity and the 
capsular ligament intact. The sharp ends of the body of the 
bone had underrun the muscles at the posterior borders of the 
scapulae and formed pockets filled with granular masses of coag¬ 
ulated blood with small spiculae of bone.— (Jour. Comp. Path, 
and Ther .) 
CrypTorchidy — [By F. Hobday, F. R. C. V. S.~\. —Meth¬ 
ods of operating upon cryptorchids are numerous and are well 
known. The author records eight cases where antisepsy has 
assisted him in obtaining as many recoveries. Chloroform was 
not used in all his cases ; but is certainly advantageous. Of 
these 8 cases, 3 were cryptorchids of the left testicle, 3 of the 
right, 2 of both organs. All but one were removed shortly 
after the operation, one immediately walked about five miles, 
3 were removed the next day, one only remained a few days 
with the author after the operation. It was his fourth case, one 
of double cryptorchidy with the right testicle at the upper ex¬ 
tremity of the inguinal canal, almost in the abdomen ; whilst 
the left one was in the abdominal cavity itself, floating among 
the intestines.— (Jour. Comp. Path, and Ther.) 
GERMAN REVIEW. 
By Prof. Olof Schwarzkopf, Flushing, New York. 
Operation Against Cribbing. — DiekerhofPs operation 
against cribbing of horses by the subcutaneous myotomy of 
