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REPORTS OF CASES. 
OF THE VALUE OF INOCULATION AS MEANS OF DIAGNOSIS OF 
GLANDERS IN DOUBTFUL CASES. 
By Mr. F. St. Cvr. 
In a letter to Mr. Violet, of the Journal of Zootechnie, the 
author reports the result of several experiments he made relating 
to the inoculation of the virus of a doubtful case of glanders, and 
after stating that he has been brought by them to the conclu¬ 
sion that chronic glanders is as easily and surely transmitted by 
inoculation as the acute form of the disease, a fact which is not, 
generally speaking, admitted, he concludes by saying that in a 
doubtful case , the carefully made inoculation of the discharge of 
the disputed animal to a healthy donkey , is a means of diagnosis, 
perhaps not infallible, but excellent, and susceptible of rendering 
great assistance to the practitioner. Mr. St. Cyr does not know 
any better or more certain means than this.— Journal of Zootech¬ 
nie. 
REPORTS OF CASES. 
COMPOUND FRACTURE OF THE OS CALCIS. 
By Robt. Harrison, D.V.S. House Surgeon Hospital Dept. A. V. C. 
Feb. 26th, 1881. 
Subject. —A grey mare, 8 years old, 16 hands high, belonging 
to a Mr. Harnett of this city. 
History. —While being driven down a hill in a heavy coupe, 
the king-bolt gave way, and the body of the coupe fell on her off 
hock. With great difficulty, she was brought to the hospital, and 
the following condition was found on examination : 
Condition when admitted. —Great difficulty in progression; 
would carry the off hind extremity forward, but when weight was 
placed upon it, would give way, showing much pain, and keeps the 
limb elevated from the ground. On the postero superior part 
of the hock are two lacerated wounds, each about two inches in 
length and about one quarter of an inch deep. There is but a 
slight hemorrhage from the wounds. The injured part is some- 
