EDITORIAL. 
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was secured in the decubital position and chloroformed. 
At the clinics of the Veterinary School of Milan, Dr. A. 
Baldoni has for some time, ds far back as 1897, carried experi¬ 
ments which seem to prove that there is some exaggeration in 
the statements of the brilliant authorities referred to above. 
He has simply resorted to specially arranged stocks, three mod¬ 
els of which are placed in various wards of the hospital of the 
school, in which the animal is perfectly and safely secured for 
himself and for the operator. Dr. Baldoni resorts to continu¬ 
ous current, which he applies gradually, so as to have the ani¬ 
mal become used to it by degrees and all without violent strug¬ 
gles or any danger of injuries. 
The results which have been so far obtained and are re¬ 
corded in several issues of the Chnica Veterinana are certainly 
very telling, and if the number of cases treated are not yet 
sufficient to be decisive in their value, this cannot be entirely 
decried, specially when taking into consideration that nearly 50 
per cent, of the cases treated have recovered, and the balance 
shown various degrees of improvement. Applied to affections 
of nervous origin, there is no reason why with the method used 
at the clinics of Milan, veterinarians cannot gain as much ad¬ 
vantage as human surgery does. 
The cases recorded by Dr. Baldoni are the following : 3 of 
paralysis of the supra-scapular nerve, 1 recovery and 2 improve¬ 
ments ; 3 of paralysis of the same nerve on the left side, 2 recov¬ 
eries and 1 improvement ; 1 roarer, improved; 1 paralysis 
of right radial nerve, improved (this patient died of pneu¬ 
monia during the treatment); 1 case of paralysis of the anterior 
femoral nerve, recovery ; 1 of contusion of the postea spinatus 
with atrophy, recovery ; 1 of chronic lumbar rheumatism, re¬ 
covery ; 1 sprain of dorso—lumbar region with paralytic mani¬ 
festations, improved. The last case is complicated : bruise of 
the anterior face of the right arm, with partial laceration of the 
coraco-radial and corresponding pectoral muscles and necrotic 
splinters of the anterior-external face of the humerus. Not¬ 
withstanding complications of the other fore leg, the case was 
