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cavities of the sinuses with a solution of tar, made by adding 
alkaline carbonates to the watery mixture of tar, and filtering the 
solution. The animal is first trephined, the sinus being carefully 
washed out and freed from the pus it contains, and then equal 
portions of solution of tar and carbolized water, 1 @ 100, is thrown 
into the cavity, followed by another injection of tar solution. 
This treatment is applied twice a day. 
Several cases are reported in which a radical cure was ob¬ 
tained in between 15 and 30 days .—Archives Veterinaires. 
TREATMENT OF THE APOPLECTIC PARAPLEGIA. 
By M. Tyvaeet. 
The author has obtained very satisfactory results from the 
administration of nux vomica in the treatment of congestion of 
the spinal marrow. The following is his mode of treatment: 
1st. A large bleeding from the jugular vein, and, at the same 
time, the resection of a segment of the tail. 
2d. Stimulating frictions over the vertebral column, with tinc¬ 
ture of cantharides and a cathartic of aloes, with 10@15 drops 
of croton oil, with repeated injections. 
3d. Two grammes (30 grains) of pulverized nux vomica in a 
pint of cold beer, every fourth hour. 
After the first dose the frictions along the spine are renewed, 
and sulphate of soda given .—Annales de Belgique. 
TREATMENT OF ARTICULAR WOUNDS WITH TANNIC ACID. 
By M. Daeio Yigezzi. 
This [article, already recommended by Hertwig, Peuch, 
Cavasse and others, has been used by the author in many cases, 
where other topical applications had failed. 
In one case, an old mare had a wound of the fetlock, with 
incomplete section of the extensor of the phalanges. This was 
first treated by continued irrigation, then with phenic dressing 
and balsam tincture, and again with corrosive sublimate, all of 
which had failed. Injection into the joint of an alcoholic soln- 
