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the cavity with the speculum, one could see that the tip of the 
tongue was only loosely united with the body, and by the frce- 
num. It had a dark green-yellowish color, and smelt very badly. 
On removing the speculum, one could exactly observe, by the 
movements of the tongue, that the too long dentes canini had 
caused the incision, and that they fitted exactly in the cleft. How 
much time it had taken for these teeth to cut the tongue I can¬ 
not tell. Naturally, I was obliged to cut the necrotic part away 
with the bistoury. The stump was treated witli a salve of equal 
parts of turpentine and honey, and healed entirely in six weeks. 
COLIC AND II^EMAGLOBIMURIA. 
Before I close, I would like to ask you if you ever noticed a 
case of colic, combined with a kind of “ hsemaglobimuria ” ? Last 
Friday I was called to a patient who had taken cold during a ride 
from the country to the city. On the way, he commenced to 
sweat, to foam and to tremble so awfully, that the possessor was 
obliged to bring him into the next stable. At my arrival I found 
the horse still trembling, but no more in an excited condition. 
Temperature was 37.8° C.; respiration, 42; pulses, 66, soft and 
large. Intestinal murmurs could not be heard, and naturally 1 
thought to find here the cause of the .malady. As defecation had 
occurred three or four times, and as the patient did not show any 
distinct or important pains, I thought it the best to bring him 
home. After a trip of two and a half hours, three miles dis¬ 
tance, we safely arrived at home, and after a few minutes the 
horse urinated a very dark red (black red) urine, just as by hae- 
maglobimuria. As soon as the horse came into the stable he urin¬ 
ated again as before, and in 15 minutes once again. The urine 
altogether was over two quarts, of black red color. I now exam¬ 
ined the horse again. Temperature, 38.3° C.; pulses, 66 ; res¬ 
piration only 18; a proof that there was no congestion toward 
the lungs. Intestinal murmurs and movement of the bowels were 
beginning very good; the appetite was also quite good. We 
covered the horse with several blankets, and gave fluid extract of 
hyoscyam. and sulphate of sodium. The owner of the horse told 
me that he had the same malady a year ago, under the same cir¬ 
cumstances, but not so severely as this time. Now, the question 
