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EXTRACTS FROM FOREIGN JOURNALS. 
HEMIPLEGIA CAUSED BY PRESSURE UPON THE BRACHIAL 
PLEXUS IN THE HORSE. 
By M. L. Trasbot. 
The subject of this article was a heavy draught horse, which 
was operated on for a deep punctured wound of the left fore foot 
on the external side of the anterior zone of the foot. The animal 
had been thrown on the right side, and the left fore leg secured 
on the hind leg of the same side. The operation was performed 
in less than fifteen minutes, the animal struggling violently dur¬ 
ing the whole time it lasted. On getting up he showed paralysis 
of the right fore leg, which was followed several days after by a 
loss of power on the hind leg of the same side. These two com¬ 
plications, however, subsided under proper treatment, and some 
ten or fifteen days later he was returned to his work. This is an 
interesting case of progressive irritation of the nerves of the left 
leg which extended to the marrow and gave rise to the manifesta¬ 
tion of the hemiplegia .—Archives Veterinaries. 
DYSTDKTA in a cow—hydrocephalic fcetus—anterior legs 
CROSSING EACH OTHER—DECAPITATION—EXTENSION OF THE 
LEGS—RECOVERY OF THE MOTHER. 
By M. Daire. 
The author, being called to give his attention to a cow in 
labor, finds on exploration that the bottom of the vagina is filled 
by an obtuse mass, covered with hair, which at the first sensation 
seems to be a muscular part, the croup, perhaps. Following the 
investigation two moveable prolongations are detected—the ears. 
Towards the inferior part of the mass is felt the imperfectly de¬ 
veloped jaws. It is a case of hydrocephalus. Attempts to engage 
the head in the proper condition failing, a large incision is made 
with the bistoury a serpette through the skin covering the cranium, 
whose frontal bony structure is missing, and a quantity of sero- 
mucous fluid, resembling the amniotic liquid, is allowed to escape. 
The mass then subsides, and a loop of rope secured on the neck; 
and the head, placed in proper condition, is drawn into the vagina. 
