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bringing bis legs together and appearing ready to lie down; his 
head" well extended, and slightly carried to the left, when he 
throws up all the saliva he has been swallowing. He then re¬ 
sumes his normal position, and goes on chewing and swallowing, 
to vomit again after a short time. The saliva which is vomited 
is pure, without aliments, at times clear, at others foamy, some¬ 
times spasms of coughing following its entrance into the rcspiia- 
tory tract. 
Supposing the case to be one of dilatation of the oesophagus, 
the animal was carefully watched and examined, when all of a 
sudden the symptomsd isappeared, and a few hours after, the ani¬ 
mal took a light mash without difficulty. A week later, he pre¬ 
sented the same lesions, and about two weeks afterwards he was 
taken with a third attack, which lasted six hours. A fourth at¬ 
tack lasted a whole day. He was then submitted to a treatment 
of bromide of potassium, 20 gramms at a dose, and for one 
month remained free from further trouble. After this date he 
was lost sight of. 
2 d Case .—Shortly after the time when the first horse had its 
fourth attack, another case came under the observation of the au¬ 
thor. This animal had vomiting of saliva, like the first. He had 
no convnlsive movements, but was constantly throwing up saliva, 
at times clear, at others foamy. There was the same condition 
as with the first; the same length of duration ; same disappearance 
of the trouble. He also was placed under bromide of potassium, 
20 gramms at a dose, and was relieved until three weeks after, when 
he had a second attack, which was treated in the same mannei 
for a longer time, and the animal was then radically cuied. 
The use of the probang so commonly employed in human 
surgery, was not resorted to in these cases, on account of the diffi¬ 
culty and danger which are so often connected with its introduc¬ 
tion in veterinary medicine .—Avchives H ztefinaives. 
NEUROTOMY IN THE TREATMENT OF RINGBONE. 
By M. Navako. 
After considering the unfavorable results obtained by the \ arious 
modes of treatment in this form of lameness, such as blistering, 
