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REPORTS OF CASES. 
I wenty-five cases of rabies, in my experience, gain an approxi¬ 
mate average of eighteen days for the duration of the period of 
incubation. 
6th. Salycilic acid, given hypodermically, in a daily dose of 
gr. 0068 for fourteen days following the fifth hour of inocu. 
lation, has not prevented the development of the disease. 
7th. The saliva of a mad dog taken from the living animal, 
and kept in water, is yet virulent five, fourteen, and twenty-four 
hours after. A very important fact, as it proves that the water 
of a basin in which a mad dog may have dropped his saliva must 
he considered virulent at least for twenty-four hours, and that 
the saliva of a mad dog which has died or has been killed, is 
dangerous, and that precautions against inoculation must he 
taken while making post mortems and while the buccal and 
pharyngeal cavities are examined .—Gazette Medicate. 
REPORTS OF CASES, 
INGUINAL HERNIA: COMPLICATIONS; SUGGESTIONS. 
Mr. Courtial reports a case of inguinal hernia which after re¬ 
duction was treated in the usual manner, viz., castration by the 
covered operation. Six days afterwards the clam beintj- removed 
a large fold of intestine protruded on the left side, and with 
much difficulty was returned to the abdomen, the animal having- 
been properly thrown and secured. The edges of the wound 
being secured, another clam was applied and the animal placed 
in his stall, fie made a good recovery, the second clam having 
dropped off eleven days afterward. From this experience, Mr. 
Courtial concluded, 1st that in removing the clam in cases of 
hernia or even in ordinary cases of castration, it is dangerous to 
carry one of the hind legs forward, as by this movement, the 
intestinal mass is squeezed, and if at that time a part of the in¬ 
testine is on a level with the canal, it may tear the yet soft 
cicatrix of the ring and protrude outward. It is better to carry 
the leg backward as in the act of shoeing-. 
