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EXTRACTS FROM FOREIGN JOURNALS. 
SURGICAL TREATMENT OF A TENDINOUS WIND-GALL. 
Mr. V anderwah having a tendinous wind-gall of the near hind 
leg to treat, used first a cantharidis blister, without satisfaction; 
he then tried the red iodine of mercury ointment, and failed 
again; and then employed aspiration with the instrument of 
Hiculafoy. 
Thirty grammes of synovia being removed, fifteen grammes 
of tincture of iodine were injected into the serous sac, and after 
five minutes were almost entirely drawn off (12 grammes). 
The next day, high reactive fever; the temperature had raised 
2 degrees; the seat of the operation was highly inflamed, much 
swollen and very painful. 
These symptoms soon subsided, but the swelling remained for 
some time. A month later the lameness had entirely disappeared. 
Seven months after, the wind-gall was entirely removed.— Iyds- 
chrift. 
RESPONSIBILITY AND TRICHINOSIS. 
^ Mr. Heilemann, veterinarian of Berlin, found in the inspec¬ 
tion of meat, some containing trichinae. He took advantage of 
his discovery to give some of it mixed with healthy meat to a cat 
(very annoying to his wife). Eight days after the poor cat was 
very sick, and a couple of weeks later died. At the post-mortem 
only a few trichinae were found in the muscles of the feline. 
In relating this fact, Hr. Wekenkel wisely says: In per¬ 
forming this experiment, did Mr. Heilemann fully realize the pos¬ 
sible consequences of his action? Hid he lose sight of the fact 
that in trichinizing the cat, without submitting him to a special 
watch, he created the possibility of new infections, of which it 
may be difficult to see the possible sequelae. For us, similar acts 
are unwarranted, and ought not to be allowed .—Annales de 
Bruxelles. 
