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A. LIAUTARD. 
EPIZOOTIE AMONGST CATS PRODUCED BY THE TCERNIA CRASS- 
ICOLLIS. 
During the summer of 1876, Dr. Leoncini was informed that 
many cats in his town had died without apparent cause, after pre¬ 
senting the following symptoms: gradual diminution and loss of 
appetite, diarrhoea followed by constipation, abundant salivation, 
contraction of the elevator muscles of the upper lips, great pros¬ 
tration, lack of vision; in some, appearance of deafness ; in a 
few vomiting, some nervous phenomena, epilectiform convul¬ 
sions and often colicy pains. 
In the post-mortems the principal lesions were found in the 
stomach, whose walls were much retracted and the seat of a ca¬ 
tarrhal inflammation. It contains along worm white and flat; the 
intestines were empty and the seat of a chronic inflammation ; 
all the other organs were healthy. 
The parasite was flat, white, formed of rings about 12 centi¬ 
meters long and 5 or 6 millimeters wide ; it was a true toernia as 
the microscopic examination of the head showed it. 
On inquiries as to the cause it was found that many cats had 
been imported to destroy the rats of the place, and that the best 
hunters were those who died the first.—(Giornale di medicina vet- 
erinaria practica). 
TREATMENT OF THE CARTILAGINOUS QUITTOR BY CONCENTRATED 
CARBOLIC ACID. 
Mr. Hartenstein strongly recommends this mode of treatment. 
In eight severe cases of several weeks’ standing the treatment was 
stopped from the third to the eighth day, he considering the dis¬ 
ease as cured the moment the purulent discharge has become of 
good nature and reduced in quantity. His modus operandi is as 
follows : the parts being thoroughly cleaned and dried afterwards, 
liquid carbolic acid is injected carefully in the flstulse slowly so as 
impregnate all the tissues, the injection being renewed once a day 
for three, four, six or eight days, according to the condition and 
extent of the disease—no other dressing. 
The advantage of this treatment is to do aw^ay principally with 
