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illustration of this, it may be mentioned that the reports of this and 
former months contain cases of recovery from fractures of the pelvis 
and pastern bones in horses, while fractures of the bones in dif- 
ferent parts of the body of the dog almost uniformly become re- 
stored. Neat cattle are not so frequently subject to these kinds of 
accidents ; and when they do occur, are both easier treated and less 
prejudicial in their consequences than in the horse. 
A chronic discharge of matter from the nose has frequently been 
mistaken for glanders. Several cases of this description have been 
noticed in this and former reports ; they have mostly proceeded 
from caries of the fangs of the molar teeth, or by injury inflicted 
upon the alveoli and sinuses of the upper maxilla by overgrown 
teeth in the lower one; and in other cases, from neglected catarrh. 
On recourse to proper means these cases have done well ; on some 
occasions, when the mischief had run on to considerable extent, it 
was necessary to open the sinuses from without to allow evacua- 
tion of the matter, and the introduction of dressings to counteract 
existing disease. 
A case of melanosis occurred in a grey pony, and consisted of a 
tumour situated upon the inner surface of the membrana nictitans 
in the off eye. The animal was cast and properly secured, and 
the tumour dissected carefully away. The case is quite recovered. 
The cases of splenitis were dead before reaching the place ; one 
expired late on the previous night, and the other in the morning, 
half an hour before being seen. It may be remarked, that they 
occurred on a farm where two others had previously died of the 
same disease, and when both the vesicular epizootic and pleuro- 
pneumonia have existed during the late spring. It may also 
be noticed that, in another locality, splenitis had in former years 
several times manifested itself among cattle which were rapidly 
getting into condition. 
The case of inversion of uterus in a she-goat terminated fatally, 
in consequence of the great delay which had taken place before 
applying for assistance. The uterus was inverted upwards of 
twenty-four hours, and the animal was found lying with the parts 
unprotected upon some straw, much enlarged, and of a livid colour. 
Considerable difficulty was experienced in returning the uterus, 
from its swollen condition. When it was returned the animal seemed 
much relieved, but she sunk, and died in about thirty hours after- 
wards. 
It may be farther remarked that, although human patients are 
not received here professionally, they occasionally present them- 
selves, and receive gratuitous assistance ; and while preparing 
this statement, a labouring man, who had been twenty years 
suffering from an extensively ulcerated leg, dependent in great 
