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network; at other times isolated or in small groups. 
4. Anamnesis. —The knowledge that other morbid cases, con¬ 
sidered as being of a carbuncular nature, have been found in the 
district, is, in the absence of the microbs, noticed at the proper 
time—an element of diagnosis whose importance cannot be over¬ 
looked. 
5. Experimental inoculation. —This remains as a last means 
to banish all doubts in cases where the bacteridian microbe has 
failed to be discovered. The rabbit, on account of its low cost 
and of its great receptivity, is the best animal to use for that pur¬ 
pose. The operations may be made in different ways. Two 
principally deserve mention, on account of their simplicity and 
facility of execution. They are also very practical. In one, the 
base of the ear or the flat of the thigh is pricked with a lancet 
dipped in the suspected blood; in the other the blood, lymph, or 
serous exudations of suspected animals is introduced into the sub¬ 
cutaneous tissue. It is necessary in all cases, and we insist on this 
point, to be sure that the fluids of inoculation are still fresh. If this 
recommendation is neglected, septiciemia, instead of the car- 
bunculous disease, will be produced. 
{To be continued.) 
CASE OF POISONING FROM STRYCHNIA. 
By W. H. Hoskins, D.Y.S. 
On the 4th of April 1 was summoned in great haste to see an 
animal some distance from my home. After endeavoring to find 
out the history and some of the symptoms, with but little or no 
success, I started off. On reaching my patient, which proved to 
be a handsome cream-colored gelding, 16 hands high, coming 7 
years old, I then learned that he had been in excellent health 
for some time past, and was known to have been in that condition 
on the evening of April 3d, when he was last seen by the owner. 
On the morning of the 4th he was noticed to be in great pain, 
refusing to eat or drink, and when the owner, a few hours after, 
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