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the remaining portion of the foetus was drawn away entire. 
Now, had this not taken place, and the fore leg and shoulder 
been drawn away without the rest of the body, it was my 
intention to have drawn the body of the foetus as far forward 
as possible, then disarticulated the vertebrae, separated the 
adjoining muscles, and pushed the remaining parts back, 
and, as it were, turned them head over heels, and delivered 
as in a breech presentation. This patient, who was a young, 
strong, healthy cart-mare, was well prepared for the task. 
Had she been otherwise — a weak, wavering, narrow boned 
mare — how would the case have stood ? As it was, the case 
may appear simple indeed; but, reverse the question, and the 
task might have been all but pleasant. After delivery, for a 
time the mare appeared weak and sickly, but, by applying 
proper remedies, she soon’ became convalescent. If what I 
have written should meet the eye of my friend, I hope he will 
view it with that spirit of candour with which it is written, as 
it is not meant to detract the least from his merits : it is not 
written in a spirit of rivalry, but of friendship ; and, as it 
appeared to me to be a case seldom described, I have taken 
this opportunity of recording it for the benefit of that science 
which I so ardently admire. At the same time, it will show 
that we ought to — 
“ Despair of nothing we would attain : 
Unwearied diligence our point will gain.” 
PECULIARITIES OF STRUCTURE OF AN HER- 
MAPHRODITE. 
By G. Lewis, M.B., V.S., Monmouth. 
Dear Sir, — On the 10th ult., I was called to attend a 
sucking colt, the property of a gentleman in the country, a 
few miles distant from this town. It was reported not “ to 
make water” properly, and also to have “ a swelling upon the 
near fore leg.” 
Upon examination, I found such to be the case, and also 
that the colt was an hermaphrodite. There was not the 
slightest trace or formation of a penis, scrotum, udder, 
abdominal rings, or vagina, yet the urine was voided co- 
piously, but not in such immediate quantities as in the mare, 
nor in the comparatively prolonged stream of the male. 
But, to use the words of the servant, “ he made plenty of 
water, but he dribbled it.” 
