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of the colon and the parietal peritoneum. Two other points 
were placed vertically which, closing the peritoneal wound 
secured also the two muscular coats of the colon. The intes¬ 
tine is then sutured to the flank by a series of stitches arranged 
ni . s la P e * Sutures were applied, iodofonned. dressing ap¬ 
plied, milk diet, etc. Cicatrization took place by first intention ; 
there was no relapse, although it is more than three months 
since the animal was operated upon .—(Annales de Bel<r.) 
Hot Fu miga t ion £—T h e ir Danger [By Mr. Verltnde\. 
—Ot all the common treatments recommended in diseases of 
the respiratory tract, the one which is most known is the ad¬ 
ministration of fumigations made with steam from hot water or 
mixtures made with it (bran, hay, oats, etc.). Every horse 
owner has recourse to it, and it is peculiar that taking in con¬ 
sideration the accidents that may result from its improper or 
careless application, there are not a greater number of them 
recorded either as burns of the mouth, tongue, or others more 
or less severe. . The author relates one which by its severity 
eserves attention It is that of a horse which, suffering with 
a slight cough, had his nose bag, containing flaxseed and bran 
m e ogetlier, put on his head just as the mixture was taken 
ott the fare. Of course, m a few instants the animal manifested 
his pains and it was with great difficulty that the bag was re¬ 
moved not until after ten minutes of several attempts. 
Once free from the bag, the animal seemed relieved and it 
was hoped no bad results would occur. But soon the lips and 
nose began to swell, the head became enormous, the tongue 
swollen, hard almost cylindrical, respiration dyspnoecal, and 
almost entirely buccal . The condition became more and more 
serious, the breathing exceedingly laborious, the animal very 
restless, large patches of the buccal epithelium sloughed out 
there were violent spells of coughing, the pulse rose to 64, the 
temperature to 39.4 C ; there were cutaneous sloughs, offensive 
odor from the mouth and nose. Tracheotomy had to be per¬ 
formed and the wound had a bad aspect. Feeding by month 
was impossible and rectal injections of milk were resorted to. 
Lreolined washes, boric ointment, camphorated applications 
were used externally. After four or five days improvement be¬ 
gan to set 111 cicatrization of the mucous membrane and of the 
skin went on gradually. The wound of tracheotomy closed 
after some time, but it took more than a month to repair the 
mischief done by the application of the old-fashioned method 
ot fumigation .—{Annales de Bely.) 
