SOME POISONOUS PLANTS. 
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iodide of potassium was recommended, and recovery gradually 
took place by degrees and was soon able to take hold of his food 
and return to work.—( Annales de Bruxelles.') 
SPANISH REVIEW. 
Exostosis of the Scapuea [By Luis Nunez\ .—At the 
abattoir a nine-year-old steer was slaughtered ; he presented a 
large tumor of the right scapula, quite sharp at its superior part 
and about ready to ulcerate through the skin. Notwithstand¬ 
ing its size the tumor did not interfere with locomotion, and the 
animal was in good condition. There was no indication of 
actinomycosis. At the post-mortem a large exostosis was 
found, sequel of an incompleted fracture of the acromion spine. 
Relieved of all surrounding soft tissues, the bone weighed 9 
pounds (4 kilos and 750 grammes).— (Rev. Veterin.) 
Lameness Due to Cysticerci [By Martin Ciga\ .—A 
three-year-old bull became lame on the left fore leg without ap¬ 
parent cause. The lameness seemed to be located in the upper 
part of the leg. Rheumatism was suspected and the animal 
treated accordingly and recovered. Some eight months later 
the trouble reappeared, but was more severe, and this time on 
the right leg. There was a swelling on the fore arm, indicating 
the seat of the lesion. The same diagnosis was made and the 
same treatment prescribed. But instead of improving, as in the 
first attack, the lameness increased, the swelling became more 
prominent, and then parasitic origin was suspected. The ani¬ 
mal was in good condition ; he was incurable, and was sent to 
the slaughter-house. The thoracic and abdominal organs were 
sound ; but cuts made through the thickness of the muscles 
revealed the presence of numerous cysticerci, reddish in color 
and scarcely as big as the head of a pin. Those were found also 
in the muscles of the shoulder, the intercostals and the abdomi¬ 
nal walls. The author believes them masses of cysticercus sem- 
micolis-.— (Rev. Veterini) 
SOME POISONOUS PLANTS.* 
RATTLE-BOX. 
Crotalar.a Sagittilis L. Other Names: Rattleweed ; Wild Pea. Pig. (10) 
Description and Where Found. —A hairy annual, 3 to 18 
* Abstracted from Farmers' Bulletin No. 86, U. S. Dept, of griculture, by W. T. 
Martin, M. D. C., Kankakee, Ill. 
