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matic plirenitis set in on the second day, which, after the lapse of 
four days, terminated fatally. • 
The autopsy revealed a general congestion of the brain, with 
softening and putrid metamorphosis of a considerable portion of 
the same in the vicinity of an oblong opening directly in front of 
the tuberous portion of the temporal bone. The upper rarified 
border of the opening was everted; the other likewise very thin 
border was directed toward the eucephalon. The opening itself 
was closed in consequence of the atrophied dura mater, which was 
perforated in the centre; the rent had irregular edges, with frag¬ 
ments of dentine still attached. At the bottom of the wound a 
reddish gray purulent fluid was deposited, in which floated fine 
particles of debris brain substance. The exterior of the petrous 
temporal bone portrayed a round depression which was surrounded 
by a circular wall, and in this depression the bulk of the dentiger¬ 
ous cyst was lodged .—From the Repertorium der Thierheilkunde , 
Heft II., 1881. 
WOUND IN THE FLANK BY THE SHAFT OF A WAGON. 
By M. Palat. 
This case is that of a horse which collided with a carriage 
coming in an opposite direction from that which he was traveling. 
The blow was very powerful, and the shaft penetrated in the 
right flank to a great depth, throwing the horse down and giving- 
rise to a large hemorrhage. 
The wound was first sewed up, and bathed with astringent 
cooling lotions. On the arrival of M. Palat, he found the 
animal presenting a peculiar immobility, with his hind legs 
stretched backwards, and unwilling to move. On the upper part 
of the right flank, a little above and in front of the hips, there 
was a wound closed by stitches, transversely, and of a depth 
difficult then to appreciate. The thigh, hips, and right flank 
were enormously swollen. According to the reports made, it is 
believed that the sub-peritoneal adipose tissue had been torn, as 
parts of it were removed when the wound was first dressed. 
