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prolongation to the hilus of the kidney. In fact, it represented 
quite well the shape of the cavity of the organ. 
The surface of these calculi was rough and brittle. The 
scraping of the faces gave a sand which under the microscope was 
found of amorphous granulation and prismatic crystals of phos- 
pliatic ammoniaco-magnesian salts. According to the history 
obtained, this affection had dated from a period of four years* 
During one year she ate thousands of small rabbits, which 
she caught in the woods. After that she seemed to suffer exces" 
sively, sometimes walking for two or three days without stopping, 
walking alongside the walls as if being blind, and without 
taking any food, either solid or liquid. These accessions occurred 
at irregular intervals, almost weekly, then every three or four 
months; she would then drop exhausted, and after a few days 
seem to be entirely well. 
In the last two years the spells were less frequent. It was 
thought that those she had had came after eating bones ? * * * 
She was always constipated; the foeces looking like a yellowish 
plasterer’s dust. She ate much meat as well as bone, but no vege¬ 
table, and she was always very thirsty, refusing milk, but being 
very fond of water. 
Eight months ago she had three or four pups, who died in a 
few days. After this litter, her urine became very offensive 
in odor. At the time of death she was again pregnant. One of 
her kidneys performed its functions well, as the bladder retained 
its dimensions and aspect -—Recueil de Medecine Veter. 
ELASTIC LIGATURE. 
By M. P. Cagny. 
In a note on this subject presented at the Central Society of 
Veterinary Medicine, the author says: 
“ As an hemostatic .—In cases of wounds of the extremities, 
in the horse, for instance, when other means of dressings are not 
at hand, an elastic cord, moderately tightened, seemed to me 
superior to any other compressive bandage that can be impro¬ 
vised. I tried it only once in a horse, but oftener in the ox. 
