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CLIPPINGS OF PRACTICE. 
ABSCESS OF THE LIVER. 
By M. Van Autgabrden. 
Called to make the autopsy of a cow, lie learned that the 
symptoms she had presented had caiised her to be suspected of 
being affected with plenro-pneumonia. The cause of the morbid 
manifestations was found in an enormous abscess, involving the 
left half of the liver, and which had perforated the diaphragm, 
which was adherent to the base of the corresponding lung, which, 
in turn, was hollowed by a cavity of the size of an egg, and was 
full of pus, and communicated with the hepatic abscess. All 
around this cavity of the lung the pulmonary tissue was consid¬ 
erably thickened, and presented the character of hepatization. 
ACUTE HYDROCEPHALUS. 
By M. Stubbe. 
“The following case is thus reported by the author : “ This 
patient, a mare, used for heavy draught, nine years old, fed on 
grass, is said to have been for the last eight days duller than 
usual, and showed some difficulty in turning. 
“ On examination, she is noticed carrying her head drooping ; 
the pulse is about normal; the conjunctiva scarcely altered ; res¬ 
piration and mastication slow ; defecation rare ; general sensibility 
increased. At times, the head is suddenly raised, as if the animal 
was frightened ; locomotion difficult. 
“ Diagnosis. —Cerebral affection, of unknown nature. 
11 Treatment. —Bleeding; drastic drenches ; cold applications 
on the cranium; setons on the neck; stimulating frictions on the 
extremities ; steam baths under the abdomen ; stimulating lave¬ 
ments ; stabling cool and dark. 
“ Notwithstanding this treatment, the symptoms increased ; 
the torpor became more marked; the head hung low down, and was 
raised with difficulty, the animal resting it on the manger; 
movement is more difficult; general sensibility increased ; pulse 
and respiration remain normal. 
