_Eclampsia in_ =Nursing Female Dogs= has long been attributed to anæmia by English veterinarians. It occurs especially in high bred bitches, when nursing a large litter and some weeks after parturition when the puppies have grown large and vigorous, with proportionately increased demands on the maternal source of supply. The dam shows an emaciated aspect, with restless anxious eyes, a wearied expression, and a generally exhausted appearance. There is weakness and swaying behind, or complete inability to use the limbs, the animal goes down, trembles violently and shows clonic spasms of the extensors of the legs, the neck, the back, the face and the eye. Breathing is accelerated, stertorous and labored, the heart beats violently the mucous membranes are congested, and the mouth is opened with convulsive movements of the jaws and throat. The attack is readily distinguished from epilepsy, by the retention of sensation, and by the absence of involuntary passages from the bowels, or kidneys. Recovery is likely to be secured if the puppies or most of them are removed early enough and the bitch sustained by nourishing food, and tonics. The spasms may be combatted by the antispasmodics and nerve sedatives employed in epilepsy. Chloroform, morphia, phenacetin, acetanilid, urethane have been specially commended. Beef teas, cod liver oil, and iron may be resorted to and free outdoor exercise and sunshine should be secured. General convulsions are common in connection with direct injury to the brain and more particularly of its coverings, (cranial bones, meninges). In such cases the irritation which otherwise starts at a distance and reaches the brain through the afferent nerves, or the modification of the circulation acts directly on the gray matter. It is interesting to note in this connection that the evacuation of the cerebral fluid, which removes the soft support of the water cushion and allows the brain to come in contact with the hard bony walls, determines an access of convulsions. In cases of convulsions attendant on mechanical injury to the cranium surgical interference will be in order. CHOREA. ST. VITUS DANCE.