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EXTRACTS FROM FOREIGN JOURNALS. 
cases have already been observed in England, in bovines, and one 
in France, in the horse.— Recuil de Mede. Veterinaire. 
CURIOUS ANATOMICAL ANOMALY. STRIATED MUSCULAR TISSUE 
IN THE SUBSTANCE OF THE PNEUMOGASTRIC NERVE. 
By Dr. Gratia. 
This was found in an old animal used for dissection at the 
school of Brussels. 
One of the pneumogastric nerves presented in the middle of 
the cervical portion a fusiform enlargement, from eight to ten 
centimeters in length, and of a thickness corresponding to thrice 
that of the normal nerve. The enlargement was formed of two 
port ons, viz.: one, white, representing the tissue of the nerve; 
and another, red, band-like, simply adhering to the first at its 
middle, but mixing entirely with it at its terminal extremities. 
DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA IN A MARE. 
By Mr. Carette. 
An animal suffering with colic had been taken shortly after 
her midday meal of meal, that she had taken with avidity. Sup¬ 
posing a simple case of indigestion, treatment was ordered to that 
effect and directions to report as to her condition if not better in 
three or fcur hours. It was not until after thirty-six hours that, 
seeing no improvement, medical attendance was again looked for, 
and when the animal was seen at this second visit a fatal prog¬ 
nosis was given. The poor brute had suffered much; the pulse 
was small, thready, 120; no foeces; gangrene of the intestines 
existed. Death took place the next morning. At the post-mor¬ 
tem a hernia of the diaphragm, of long standing, probably a year, 
was found. In the left half of the muscle, there was an oval 
opening, running to the phrenic portion, with thin, smooth bor¬ 
ders, hard and of a fibrous consistency. This opening measured 
five centimeters in length, two and one-half to three centimeters 
in width. Nearly a yard of small intestines were passing through 
it; it was gangrenous and adherent to the surrounding parts.— 
A nnales de Brussells. 
