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much from the difficulty of breathing and cough attending that dis- 
ease. The horse had been bought at a public sale, by Mr. Carse, 
who was not aware of its being broken-winded at the time. It 
was put under treatment, and in a short time the breathing became 
relieved, the cough subsided, and complete recovery took place. 
The animal is now at work. The other case of broken-wind was 
one in which, considering the trivial value of the animal, nothing 
farther than palliative treatment was adopted. 
We may mention that cases of castration and spaying of pigs 
occurred at a large distillery, where great numbers of these ani- 
mals are bred, and the proprietor of which gives us the liberty 
of operating as often as occasion occurs. Although the operation 
in itself is comparatively simple, still its frequency of performance 
gives the student a facility of manipulation highly advantageous 
when he comes to operate on larger animals ; and when, as was 
the case in this instance, from the age of the pigs, the parts are 
considerably developed, the advantage is farther increased, as 
some means for suppression of the hemorrhage are to be used as 
in the horse. In these cases torsion of the artery was resorted to 
for that purpose : about one half were males. 
It may be interesting to some of your readers to know that 
the case of tracheotomy which was mentioned in the report for 
February continues still to be quite well. The horse is working 
daily, with the tube in his trachea, and undergoes every kind of 
exertion to which he is subjected with as little inconvenience as if 
the air were inhaled through its ordinary passage. 
William Dick. 
A LETTER FROM PROFESSOR DICK. 
To the Editors of “ The Veterinarian ,” Messrs. Youatt 
and Percivall. 
Edinburgh Veterinary College, 
24th July, 1845. 
Dear Sirs, — I n your number for the last month you notice the 
first Report of the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary 
Surgeons ; but I regret that I am obliged to differ from you in 
some of the remarks you have made on that document ; and T 
must do this, the more especially as my name appears on the 
cover as assisting you, which implies sanctioning the statements 
made in the leading article of your Journal. 
