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losis. The history of the animal was that she had been ailing, 
gradually losing her appetite, commencing to purge, went off 
her milk and rapidly lost condition. She was very lean, had 
a pendulous abdomen, hidebound, with considerable pain in 
the region of the liver, a temperature of 101.5, pulse rapid and 
weak. She had 110 cough. Tested with tuberculin, her tem¬ 
perature rose as high as 108° in 15 hours. She was killed and 
on careful examination only a small nodule the size of a pea 
was found in one of the glands of the chest, and nothing else. 
The author concludes : “I say, with the assurance of many 
years' experience, that this cow during life had, to me, every 
appearance of being affected with tuberculosis of her abdominal 
organs. After she had reacted so strongly to the test, my 
opinion was strengthened, but on post-mortem examination my 
opinion of myself as one qualified to give an opinion in such 
a case was completely shattered.”— [Vet. Journal) 
Fracture of the Tibia and Fibuua [By IV. Pauer , M. 
R. C. V. S.]. —An aged cob while turned to grass at night, was 
kicked on the inside of the tibia. He showed a small skin 
wound, but no lameness ; he was able to walk three days, but 
on the fourth was a little sore in the morning. He went to 
work, made a misstep and coming to a standstill was unable to 
put any more weight on the leg. The fracture was diagnosed 
without difficulty. At post-mortem the shaft of the tibia was 
found fractured vertically in the two lower thirds, in four or 
five pieces. The fibula was broken in two pieces.— {Vet. 
Record .) 
Fracture of the Humerus [By R. S. Collihole , M. R. C. 
V S.~\. —A fourteen-year-old gelding was turned to pasture. 
The next morning he was found badly lame, standing on three 
legs and not having the slightest power over the near fore 
limb. There was a wound just below the shoulder large 
enough to admit two fingers. After exploring it, the humerus 
was found fractured in its upper third. The animal was placed 
in slings and the wound treated in the ordinary surgical man¬ 
ner. The animal made remarkable progress. Thirty-six days 
after the accident, he was walked a few yards. He was still 
kept in slings for two weeks longer, when he was able to go 
home, a distance of 2 miles. Now he walks and trots perfectly 
sound.— {Vet. Journ .) 
Rupture of the HExVrt by an Injection of Barium 
Chuoride [By u Veritas'). —A six-year-old carriage gelding is 
in pool condition. He has been poorly for the last two months, 
