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the occipito spheno-temporal hiatus. The cerebrum was congested 
and on section, the puncta vasculosa stained its substance; the 
membranes were intensely congested, especially at the base of the 
brain ; the cerebellum was apparently normal. 
LACERATED WOUND OF THE ANTERIOR CRURAL REGION—GAN¬ 
GRENE— SEPTICEMIC POISONING—DEATH. 
By the Same. 
April 14th.—A brown mare, 12 years old, 16 hands high, be¬ 
longing to a dealer in this city, had just been landed from the 
cars, and was being taken to the owner’s stable, when she was run 
into by a wagon. The hub of the wheel struck her on the near 
hind leg and inflicted a severe lacerated wound. She was brought 
immediately to the college hospital, and was found to have a large 
lacerated wound at the anterior crural region, extending downward 
nine inches, parallel to the fibres of the fascia sata, and at right 
angles backward and slightly downward, six inches. The skin 
was torn away from the muscular tissue underneath, forming a V 
shaped flap; the muscular tissue of the fascia lata was nearly 
severed; about three-quarters of a pound was hanging down, 
almost separated from the substance of the muscle. 
Treatment .—The edges of the wound were trimmed, the 
hanging portions of muscle amputated, the lacerated pieces of 
aponeurosis clipped away, the wound thoroughly cleansed and 
sewed up by interrupted sutures in the longitudinal wound, while 
the other was closed by quill sutures. Oakum saturated with 
carbolic solution was used as a dressing. She was then placed in 
a stall and confined so she could not lie down or move about. 
April 15th.—The animal is off her feed, shows much pain in 
the injured limb and a disinclination to move, and when made to 
do so shows great stiffness. There was the appearance of sup¬ 
puration from the wound. Strips of linen loaded with collodion 
were arranged so as to reinforce the interrupted sutures, the 
wound was cleaned and dressed with oakum saturated with alco¬ 
hol, and the use of the anti-septic spray was continued at intervals 
during the day. 
16th and 17th.—During the 16th and 17th the wound has a 
