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the swelling of his legs was then quite gone, and the skin 
had nearly recovered its entire and natural condition, but 
the diarrhoea had returned, and in defiance of all that could 
be done for him, continued without intermission until the 
end of January in the present year, when, in consequence 
of his emaciated and miserable appearance, and the offensive 
nature of the evacuations, I requested that he might be de- 
stroyed; a request that was immediately complied with. 
I made a post-mortem examination of him, and, as I had 
prognosticated, found the mucous lining of the intestinal 
tract generally inflamed, but especially so in certain parts of 
the caecum and colon. There was no structural disease in 
any other part of his body. The liver and kidneys I parti- 
cularly noticed, and found them of a natural colour, and 
quite free from all disease ; and up to the last moment of 
the animal’s existence, the common functions of life, viz., his 
breathing, the pulse, the temperature of his body, the 
colour of the visible mucous membranes, his unfailing appe- 
tite, and lively spirits, went on with that regularity and 
harmony which usually indicate perfect health. 
I should like to know how the extreme obstinacy of this 
case is to be accounted for, as its origin seemed simple, and 
referable to common and every-day causes ; causes that I 
have generally had but little trouble in removing and rectify- 
ing the consequent effects of, by the adoption of the same 
medical treatment and those measures of hygiene which 
were unsuccessfully practised in this instance. 
DISEASE OF THE OS FEMORIS, WITH LACERA- 
TION OF THE LIGAMENTUM TERES, &c. 
By C. Marson, M.R.C.Y.S., Worcester. 
The perusal of Mr. Gibbon’s case of caries of the hip- 
joint in a previous number, has induced me to forward to 
you the following particulars of a case of disease of the head 
of the os femoris, accompanied with laceration of the ligamen- 
tum teres and caries of the cotyloid cavity. The subject w 7 as 
a brown horse, aged, belonging to Mr. C. Marson of Rugeley. 
The animal had two small bony enlargements on the inner 
side of each hock, for which he had been repeatedly blistered 
and ultimately fired. He had also been fired over and 
around the round bone. He was an excellent worker, and 
capable of drawing a ton weight of goods with ease. Not- 
