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FRENCH REVIEW. 
The Old Veterinary School of Limoges. —In the De¬ 
cember Revue Veterinaire de Toulouse , Mr. A. Leronx publishes 
an interesting article upon the establishment of this school in 
1765, posterior, therefore, to that founded by Bourgelot, in Lyon, 
but anterior to the opening of the Alfort School. Although it was 
supported by the Government, it met with little success and 
closed its doors in 1768. 
Necrosis of the Hyoid Bone, Sequelae of Strangles 
[.By MM. Cuille and Sendrail\ .—A young horse which had 
strangles had an abscess of the intermaxillary space. It was 
opened and a favorable prognosis given. Nevertheless, the ab¬ 
scess did not close and a fistulous tract remained, which proved 
rebellious to all treatment. O11 being probed, the instrument 
struck the hyoid. A free incision was made and two hard little 
bony masses, the size of a small hazel nut, were removed. The 
horse died two days after with gangrenous pneumonia from for¬ 
eign bodies. The hyoid bone when removed was found to be the 
seat of extensive necrosis of the body. There were three cavities 
at the base of each of the small branches and the lingual appen¬ 
dix, two of which were empty, the third containing two small 
sequestriums as big as a pea, which would have sloughed of them¬ 
selves had the horse survived.—( Revue Veterinl) 
Lymphadema in Cows [By Mr. Queyrori\. — A cow, hav¬ 
ing been treated two years previously for a pulmonary affection, 
presented a few days since the following symptoms : swelling 
of the neck, venous pulse to the jugulars, cardiac arythmia, 
cough and tympanites. These symptoms rapidly become more 
marked ; the dyspnoea is very severe, the swelling extends to 
the dewlap and then the extremities. The animal is sold to the 
butcher. At the post-mortem, the lymphatic glands of the 
thorax are largely hypertrophied ; one, as big as a man’s fist, 
presses on the oesophagus, the blood vessels and the nerves. It 
was that swollen gland which gave rise to the symptoms de¬ 
scribed. At first the case was supposed to be one of ganglionary 
tuberculosis, but closer observation of the lesions and their his¬ 
tological examination showed them to be lymphadema.— (Prog. 
Veterin .) 
Upon the Castration of Cows [By Mr. Revouy ].— 
From a series of observations that the author records in the Jour¬ 
nal de Zootechnie it results that (1) the operation ought to be 
performed only when in good health and in good hygienic con- 
