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tion, and were followed by immediate relief, which allowed the 
animal to continue eating. The treatment consisted in frictions 
along the length of the muscle, of a liniment made of 60 grammes 
of chloroform and 150 of spirits of hyosciamus.— Schweizer- 
Archiv fur ThierA. 
BRIGHT’S DISEASE IN THE DOG. 
By M. A. Mathis. 
After a summary of the literature on this subject, and a refer¬ 
ence to the names of various writers, the author gives the history 
of the patient as follows: The animal had already been under our 
care for an attack of endocarditis, from which he recovered. 
Since that time, however, he has lost his strength, becoming lazy, 
and complaining at the slightest movement; and sometimes per¬ 
sisting in constantly keeping near the tire. For the last few 
months his appetite had been capricious, and he had became 
much constipated. He micturated very often, a little at a time, 
every hour, then every half hour, and is now a regular annoyance 
to his owner on that account. His thirst was very great, and he 
had lost considerable flesh. His old endocarditis has left no 
mark behind; his pulse is 110; temperature, 39°; lungs and 
liver and other intestines apparently healthy. Diabetes was first 
suspected, but an examination of the urine failed to reveal the 
presence of sugar, and a diagnosis of Bright’s disease was made, 
and a fatal prognosis given. The animal was then abandoned by 
his owner and destroyed. The lesions found in the kidneys are 
summarised as follows: 1st. Arteritis and periarteritis, well 
marked and generalized; 2d. Sclerosis, by propagation of the 
vascular lesions ; 3d. Atrophy and degeneration, with disappear¬ 
ance of the epithelium, occlusion of the tubuli, and formation of 
miliary cysts—all of which constitute the lesions found in Bri gilt’s 
disease .—Journal de Zootechnie. 
A CASE OF PHARYNGITIS, WITH PROBABLE ALTERATION OF 
THE PNEUMO-GASTRIC. 
By M. Baudon. 
In May last the author was called to see a gray stallion, which 
the day previous had refused his food ; his mastication was in- 
