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such injury : it will also arise from the frequent recurrence of 
bruising, whether from falling down without loss of continuity of 
the integuments, or from blows against the manger, or against 
timber in the hunting field. I have known instances to arise 
from all these causes : in fact, any cause which may induce inflam- 
matory action, or a tendency thereto, may be a precursor to, if not 
a cause, under certain conditions, of carpitis. 
The Treatment is analogous to that for spavin ; blood-letting 
from the foot or pastern, not the nominal bleeding which is gene- 
rally adopted, but to the extent of two, three, or even four quarts — 
rest — cold lotions — physic — blisters — actual cautery : to these I 
have added of late years setons on each side of the joint, long and 
efficient, so as to extend from the upper to quite the lower part of 
the joint; this followed by blisters, or the actual cautery. This 
severe mode of treatment I have found, in old chronic cases, of 
great benefit, and have succeeded in restoring the animal to useful- 
ness when all other means have failed. 
There is also a disease situate at the origin of the suspensory 
ligament, and which is occasionally connected with carpitis, but it 
more generally exists as a distinct disease. I have a few remarks 
to make at some future time on this latter disease, to which I 
have, for my own use, appended the term of metacarpitis. 
I trust that I shall not be considered to be prolix in the descrip- 
tion I have here given : my desire has been to be so explicit as 
to be useful ; it is a subject that has occupied my anxious attention 
through many years ; and I can only hope that some one more 
fitted for the task will carry out a subject so important. 
VETERINARY OBSTETRICY. 
THE VARIOUS PRESENTATIONS AND METHODS OF EXTRACTING 
THE FCETUS. 
By W. A. Cartwright, M.R.C.V.S., Whitchurch , Salop. 
[Continued from page 611 .] 
In this paper, and some following ones, it is, and will be, my 
intention to consider the various presentations that take place dur- 
ing parturition in the cow, mare, and other animals, and the me- 
thods that should be adopted to extract the foetus. Although my 
remarks will, in a great measure, apply to the cow and mare alone, 
yet the principles and practice will be equally applicable to all 
