DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY. 
885 
A little over a year ago I was called to a parturient apo¬ 
plexy case in a very valuable Jersey ; Brewer stock. What 
seemed a hopeless case, by treatment and excellent nursing, re¬ 
covered. This year the cathartic was given, and a mild case 
only followed ; such as weakness in hind parts and slight drow¬ 
siness. 
Another cow of same herd calved, received a good cathartic, 
developed a nice case of parturient apoplexy combined with 
diarrhoea and enteritis. This merely shows very forcibly that 
the physic does not necessarily prevent the disease at onset, 
although I could cite many cases to show a benefit. 
THE ETIOLOGY AND PREVENTION OF SHOE-BOIL. 
By A. W. Baker, V. S., Brasher Falls, N. Y. 
I think Dr. George J. Goubeaud is on the right track regard¬ 
ing the cause of shoe-boils, and am myself of the opinion that 
they are not always the result of the horse lying with the elbow 
resting on the shoe, as I have seen them on horses that had their 
shoes removed and the feet packed. I found in one case in my 
infirmary that the elbow rested on the floor and did not come 
in contact with the shoe or foot. At first, at a loss to remedy 
this evil, I finally overcame it by taking a pad six inches thick, 
eight inches wide, and sixteen inches long, which I put across 
the sternum behind the elbows, and fastened it securely there 
by means of a surcingle tightly fastened. The result was so 
satisfactory that I have ever since employed it; also after 
operating on a shoe-boil that has become fibrous. 
DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY. 
By L. A. and E. Merillat, 
of the McKillip Veterinary College , Chicago , III 
antiseptic wound treatment (continued from page 814). 
Occhisive Dressings of the Trunk* 
The experienced surgeon need not be reminded of the diffi¬ 
culties in this connection. It matters not how ingeniously we 
apply fabric bandages to the body of our patients they (the ban¬ 
dages) will not remain undisturbed long enough nor well enough 
to perform their mission, and besides the enormous amount of 
material required to bandage the hip, the stifle, the thorax, etc., 
* “ Trunk ” refers to all parts of the body except the lower part of the extremities. 
