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was averted, and the enlargements gradually subsided. Consider- 
able emaciation was brought on by the high degree of sympathetic 
fever and pain which existed ; the animal, however, eventually 
quite recovered, and is now rapidly regaining condition. 
One of the cases of cramp connected with influenza, noticed in the 
last report, after having apparently recovered from those diseases, 
was attacked with rheumatic inflammation of the fetlock joints 
commencing in the near fore leg, involving afterwards the others, 
and ultimately again attacking the near fore leg ; but the horse is 
now taking daily exercise, and is almost well. 
The case of osteo-sarcoma is one which, although somewhat re- 
lieved, still exists, and will probably remain incurable even if treat- 
ment were persisted in. The patient is a well-bred milch cow in 
good condition, and was under treatment about twelve months ago 
for caries of the inferior maxilla on the off side. Since that time to 
the commencement of September the case has continued quite 
well, with the exception of a slight enlargement of the bone. The 
owner again made application, in consequence of considerable in- 
crease having taken place in the size of the tumour generally, and 
of several smaller tumours of a soft bony and vascular character 
having also made their appearance through the skin. On examina- 
tion, it was found that the increased size of the large tumour was 
caused by a growth of a softish osseous character in its interior, 
united with a fleshy substance, and that the smaller external tu- 
mours were mere extensions of the disease through the integu- 
ments. As the cow was in good condition, quite fit for the butcher if 
necessary, nothing farther than palliative treatment was adopted. 
BLOOD-LETTING OR NO BLOOD-LETTING IN 
INFLUENZA. 
By a Surgeon, his own Veterinary Surgeon. 
I REMEMBER my old and respected master, Dr. Clutterbuck, — 
to whose excellent lectures and wholesome practical instructions 
on medicine I have, in my practice as a veterinarian as well as 
surgeon, felt myself indebted on numerous occasions for most valu- 
able therapeutic guidance, — I say, I remember Dr. Clutterbuck was 
a warm advocate for blood-letting, providing it was early and mo- 
derate, in febrile diseases which, though synocha in their primary 
character, speedily and in the end invariably assume the typhoid or, 
at all events, the synochus type. The Doctor argued, that a mode- 
rate abstraction of blood at the beginning of the disorder not only 
tended to abridge its duration, but at the same time was calculated 
