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incision, drainage by setons, etc., all without satisfactory results. 
The case was growing worse; the swelling had increased ; fistu¬ 
lous tracts formed ; counter openings and continued irrigations 
gave but temporary relief. The necrosed cord was always felt as 
a hard, rough surfaceJ rebellious to every cicatricial work. 
The excision of that part of the cervical ligament and of that 
anterior to it as far as the occipital bone, was recommended as 
radical cure. All the mane being trimmed off, an incision was 
made on the median line, from a little behind the diseased part of 
the cord to the occiptal; the cord of the ligament was then en¬ 
tirely cut away, and all diseased yellow elastic tissue re¬ 
moved ; the wound was dressed with perchloride of iron, suppor¬ 
ted by a dressing with heavy quill sutures. The process of re¬ 
pair was established in a few weeks, except near the occipital 
bone, where a short stump of the cord had remained, and which 
had to be excised afterwards. No bad results followed, no great 
deformity—the animal being sold some months afterward for 
fourteen hundred francs .—Archives Veterinaires. 
CASE OF DEATH AND RETENTION OF A FCETUS—SUDDEN DEATH OF 
THE COW. 
By E. S. Hewens, M.R.C.Y.S. 
A cow. about four months in calf, had been exposed to a ter¬ 
rible thunder storm. The next day she was found feverish, with 
no appetite, the bowels constipated, the milk reduced in quan¬ 
tity, with a slight discharge from the vagina, but no parturient 
pains. A mild aperient, a febrifuge draught was given, and she 
seemed to rapidly recover. Some three weeks later she presented 
the same condition, less the manifestations of the genital organs. 
She received the same treatment again, improved, and began to 
have a stinking discharge from the vagina. 
Attempts having been made to introduce the hands per vagi- 
num to remove the foetus, without success, antiseptic injections 
were ordered. 
