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REPORTS OF CASES. 
PULMONARY CAUTERIZATION WITH FINE AND DEEP POINTS IN 
DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 
From a series of experiments conducted by Prof. V. Lorge 
with the deep pulmonary cauterization, made with fine points, the 
following conclusions were arrived at: 
1st. The penetrating fine pulmonary cauterization is perfectly 
harmless in the ox, the goat, the pig, the dog and the rabbit. It 
never gives rise to any hemmorhage in the pleura, nor to any 
appreciable pneumonia. 
2d. The pulmonary wounds made with incandescent metallic 
points cicatrize with the greatest rapidity, and do not occasion 
pneumothorax. 
3d. The actual pulmonary cauterization in the horse is fol¬ 
lowed by fibrinous pleurisy and pneumonia most characterized. 
It remains to be seen if these experiments can be of any 
therapeutic value. The results must encourage their further 
trials. They might be of benefit in some forms of pneumonia or 
pulmonary tuberculosis. New experiments remain to be made to 
elucidate this important question. — Annales de Medecine 
Veterinaire. 
REPORTS OF CASES. 
CASES FROM A NOTE BOOK. 
August 9 th, 1879. 
On the 18th of July I was called to attend a horse the property 
of Mr. Langstroth, of Bloomfield. The horse had been sick since 
the 15th, and was treated by a quack, for colic, getting in the 
three days laudanum, ether, aloes, croton oil and rochelle salts. 
I found the horse in considerable pain, raising the hind leg, look¬ 
ing at the flank, pawing and getting down gently, pulse quicken¬ 
ed and rather hard, temperature 102°5 F., tender on pressure 
over the abdomen, and with total loss of appetite. Diagnosis, in- 
