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the autopsy of the animal made by a veterinarian. Chloral was 
administered to the man, and no bad results from the bite fol¬ 
lowed. 
Experiments upon dogs and cats ought to have been made, to 
see if symptoms more similar to those of rabies could be developed 
and stopped in the same manner .—Recueil de Medecine Veteri- 
naire. 
INTERNAL CHAMPIGNON. 
By M. L. Felizet. 
Under this name the author speaks of the diseased condition of 
the spermatic cord, after castration above the superior opening 
of the inguinal canal. 
The symptoms are described as follows : Vertebral column 
supple to pressure. Locomotion behind slightly difficult. The 
animal lays down willingly, but his appetite is delicate; his flank 
is corded ; a fistulous tract, rebellious to treatment, remains in the 
inguinal region, from which flows a yellowish suppuration. Noth¬ 
ing abnormal can be detected by rectal examination, except that 
it is a little more sensitive to pressure on the diseased side. 
The return to work too soon after the operation is considered 
as the cause of it. 
The treatment consists in poultices on the sacro-lumbar 
region; anodyne rectal injections; opiate and chloral, with oil 
of hyosciamus, are applied by friction upon the inguinal region ; 
rest. If this fails, throw the animal down ; freely open the fis¬ 
tulous tract; introduce the hand, well oiled, into the inguinal 
canal; take hold of the tumor, and remove it. 
Among the cases reported in connection with the subject is 
that of a five-year-old, which had been castrated, and which was 
returned to work about ten days after. Consulted three months 
later, the animal presented the following conditions : Mucous mem¬ 
brane pale; hairs of the mane easily pulled out; head carried 
low ; ears cold and drooping; abdominal legs swollen ; a mon¬ 
strous swelling of the abdomen. The animal was destroyed a 
