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spot of the tendons or of their sheaths. For these an injection 
is recommended of tincture of aloes, tincture of iodine, and some¬ 
times of Villate’s solution; lately, dressings with petroleum or 
phenic acid have been used. Phenicated baths, those of sulphate 
of iron and lotions of permanganate of potash have also proved 
useful. At times, when the fistulas are persistent, it is necessary, 
after enlarging them, to have recourse to actual cauterization with 
a pointed cautery introduced, while at a white heat, down to the 
bottom of the tract. A general dressing of the wound follows, 
with tincture of aloes, sometimes with egyptiacum. The dress¬ 
ings should be more or less frequent, according to the quantity 
of the pus discharged. We must dress until the wound is entirely- 
healed, and it must moreover be carefully watched for fear of 
another infiltration of pus, or the formation of other fistulas. 
Superficial cauterization is necessary in order to remove the 
induration and swellings likely to follow, and to stimulate the 
resolution. The action of the firing may be stimulated by blister¬ 
ing, or by an alterative ointment of iodide of mercury, of sul¬ 
phur, &c. 
[To be continued .) 
ACTINOMYKOSIS: A NEW INFECTIOUS- DISEASE OF ANIMALS 
AND MANKIND** 
By George Fleming, F.R.C.V.S., Army Veterinary Inspector. 
(Continued fromp. 13.) 
ActinomyTeosis of the (Esophagus. 
A most interesting instance of the disease in the oesophagus 
is described by Siedamgrotzky, who obtained the specimen fresh, 
and carefully examined it. The mucous membrane of the tube, 
was covered with hundreds of small, flattened, sub-epithelial 
nodules, from one to four millimeters in diameter, mostly col¬ 
lected in groups, in each of which in a bright light, a small 
yellow centre could be distinguished by the naked eye. In some 
From the Veterinary Journal. 
