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EXTRACTS FROM EXCHANGES. 
horse was killed. The operation was nevertheless completed, 
and a mass of fatty tissue was extracted, weighing 84 pounds. 
The fatty substance was arranged by superposed layers, isolated 
by the muscles of the region, with numerous ture fasciculi of 
fat running through the thickness of the various layers and 
establishing between those of the neoplasm an intimate con¬ 
tinuity.—( Annales de Beige.) 
Paralysis of the Tail and of the Sphincters in a 
Mare [By P. Rubray \.—The symptomatic triology, in¬ 
ertia of the tail , involuntary expulsion op' the feeces and re¬ 
peated micturation , is expression of sceloris of the cauda 
equina, the terminal extremity of the spinal cord. But it may 
also be the result of fractures of the sacral vertebrae. This is 
proved by the following case. A thoroughbred mare is suffer¬ 
ing with the three symptoms. She walks well, but now and 
then some of her steps are accompanied with expulsion of urine. 
Her tail is soiled with faeces and urine. The tail is powerless, 
and can be pulled in any direction without painful manifesta¬ 
tion from the animal. Pricks with needles on the whole length 
of the tail give rise to no pain. The anal sphincter is relaxed, 
the anus gaping and open ; there is no muscular contraction ; 
the skin and mucous membrane of the anus are entirely feel¬ 
ingless. The vulva is enlarged also, and more or less open. 
The neck of the bladder is paralyzed. There is no apparent 
deformity of the croup, no mark of any traumatism. Rectal 
examination reveals no lesion of. the nervous trunks of the 
sphincters of the tail. The animal was for a long time sub¬ 
mitted to various forms of treatment, but without any benefit 
whatever, and she was destroyed. Although post-mortem was 
not as minute and as satisfactory as it might have been, a suf¬ 
ficient lesion to explain the series of symptoms was found, viz., 
a fracture of the sacrum, involving the second vertebrae, which 
had been, so to speak, crushed, and a portion of its spongy 
structure pushed into the vertebral canal, which is almost 
entirely filled by the bony substance. The annular portion 
between the second and third spinous processes had also been 
fractured. It is evident that there had been a complete pres¬ 
sure on the spinal cord and the nerves of the cauda equina.— 
(Annales de Beige.) 
Saeophen, in two to five grain pills two or three times 
daily, is a remarkably effective agent for rheumatism in the 
dog, especially of the subacute variety. 
