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This case is reported as probably the only one on record, so 
far sis the presentation of the foetus is concerned.— Recueil de 
Med. Veterinaire. 
WOUND OF THE URETHRO-PERINEAL REGION OF RARE OC¬ 
CURRENCE. 
By Mr. Bieler. 
A singular case occurred on the 28th of November while Mr. 
X was driving out in his carriage, drawn by two horses. After 
proceeding a short distance, the driver stopped, and on inquiry 
as to the cause, answered that he “ did not know, but that some¬ 
thing had happened.” In carefully observing one of the horses, 
he had noticed at the anus a greyish body, protruding about an 
inch. Taking hold of it he drew out a stick of wood eighteen 
inches in length, and an inch and a half in thickness, which was 
implanted in the manner of a seton-needle under the skin, from 
the sheath, on a level with the urinal canal, and which, following 
the course of the urethra, had made its exit at the rim of the 
anus. 
In examining the ground around the carriage, the driver 
found a wooden fork, whose broken handle exactly corresponded 
with the piece of stick extracted from the horse. 
A simple treatment, with phenic lotions externally, and mnci 
laginous dressings, was adopted, and the animal returned to work 
in a short time.— Journal de Zootechnie. 
TREATMENT OF COLIC WITH PHYSOSTIGMINUM. 
By Prof. W. F. Garside, Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. 
In the Veterinary Journal of November, 1882, I brought 
under the notice of English veterinarians an account by Professor 
Dieckeroff, of the action and uses of this drug (the alkaloid of 
Calabar bean, also known as Eseria). I am pleased to find that 
it can now be obtained from some of our wholesale druggists, 
and that it is also being used in the practice of some of my pro¬ 
fessional brethren. Mr. Nettleton’s interesting article in the 
