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flank. This operation, remarkable by its boldness and specially by the 
result following it, must encourage the practitioners to perform it in 
similar cases. It proves, also, that the dangers of traumatic peritonitis 
are not necessarily always an objection to the attempt for relief. 
These are the principal points of the operation : animal cast on 
the left side, right posterior leg secured extended backwards, longitudi¬ 
nal incision through the skin of the flank, tearing of the subcutaneous 
muscular la^ or, careful incision of the peritoneum, introduction of one 
hand, flat ways, to prevent the exit of the intestines, introduction of the 
other in the rectum to grasp and push the tumor through the opening, 
its extraction by incision of the coats of the intestine, suture of that 
organ well cleaned, and then carefully pushed back in the abdomen, 
suture of the fleshy and cutaneous edges of the wound. Phlebotomy, 
light mashes, gruels, laxative and opiates. Radical cure after 15 days. 
(Journal de Zootechnie). 
. a short time ago, we had the opportunity to perform a similar 
operation on a large bloodhound dog, in which an enormous mass of 
haidened fcecal matter was producing serious complications accompany¬ 
ing an obstinate constipation of two weeks’ standing. The animal died 
the same day from the shock of the operation. Mr. Felizet was more 
fortunate as he relates two similar cases which recovered without diffi¬ 
culty. (Ed.) 
GASES IN THE STOMACHS OF RUMINANTS. 
Mons. Reiset has recently been investigating the nature of the 
gases found in the stomachs of cows and other ruminants that had 
become “blasted” from over-feeding on green clover and similar foods. 
Gas present in the rumen of a cow that died scarcely two hours after 
access to a clover field, was found to consist of 74.30 per cent, carbonic 
acid, 23,46 per cent, carburetted hydrogen, and 2.21 per cent, nitrogen. 
Neither oxygen nor sulphuretted hydrogen could be traced. In the 
case of a blasted sheep, also, ?6 per cent, of carbonic acid was found. 
From these observations, Mons. Reiset is led to suggest the employ¬ 
ment of alkaline bodies for remedies, amongst which he specially recom¬ 
mends ordinary burnt magnesia. ( Veterinary Journal .) 
BITES OF A RABID DONKEY TO A CHILD. DEATH OF THE 
ANIMAL. 
During the incubative stage of hydrophobia, a donkey bit a child. 
At the suggestion of Mr. Laguerriere, the wound was not cauterized, 
