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The conclusion of the authors is, that besides the heredity of 
constitutional predisposition, acquired by the offspring from the 
parent, there is also the heredity of the seed transmitted from the 
parents to the child .—Revue cP Hygiene. 
LACERATION OF THE SMALL COLON BY AN iEGAGROPHILE. 
By Me. Palat. 
A mare aged eleven years was taken with light colic one 
morning. She had eaten her breakfast, and showed the presence 
of slight pains by pawing. An hour later she laid down, appar¬ 
ently quiet. Towards evening she stood up, head down, with 
weak pulse and somewhat tympanitic, and as she was about to be 
punctured she fell down and some two hours later died. 
At the post-mortem she was found in a fat condition. The 
peritoneal cavity, when opened, allowed the escape of a large 
quantity of gas, as usually occurs in cases of rupture of the 
stomach or of the intestines. The last condition was soon recog¬ 
nized by the foetal matters found floating in the cavity and near 
the pelvis, by the reddened and injected condition of the periton¬ 
eum, and the large effusion present. The small colon presented a 
laceration, with blackish and bloody edges. The mucous mem¬ 
brane was red, thickened and bloody. This perforation must 
have been made by a calculus or an agagrophile, which last was 
found. It was flattened in form and weighed 600 grammes. In 
examining the large colon, towards the right hypochondriac re¬ 
gion, a large mass was felt, which seemed to close up the opening 
of the organ. On cutting down upon it another mass weighing 
four kilogrammes was removed. It was somewhat melon-shaped 
and slightly conical in form, with a large base. They were com¬ 
posed of vegetable threads and alimentary remains, mixed with 
calcareous and ammoniacal and magnesian salts .—Recueil de 
Medecine Veterinaire. 
GLANDERS IN A DOG. 
By Me. Menard. 
A small Danish bitch, five years old, had fed on raw meat 
while at the breeding farm of the u Jardin d’Acclimatation,” from 
