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some branch of science connected with his profession, the 
following out of which, in his periods of relaxation, will tend 
to the development of truths perhaps not before observed, 
the promulgation of which may benefit mankind. 
These remarks have been elicited on reading the following 
from the Report of the Conversazione already adverted to : 
“ Mr. William M‘Kenna, veterinary surgeon (for the first 
time, we believe, in this city), exhibited the following inte- 
resting collection of veterinary instruments and preparations, 
illustrative of hippopathology, &c. The following is a list of 
the principal : 
“ Hind and fore legs of the horse, the arteries and veins 
injected, and showing the nerves, tendons, and ligaments. 
“ Injected fore leg, arteries, and veins, showing the nerves, 
various ligaments, interior of the joint, capsule, coffin and 
pastern joints. 
“ Ligamentous preparations of the leg of the horse. 
“ Injected leg, exhibiting a ruptured and reunited suspen- 
sory ligament — commonly called e breaking down.’ 
“ Preparations of the bones of the knee and hock of the 
horse, showing their articulations. Various morbid prepa- 
rations of the bones of the foot and leg. 
“ Preparations of the bones of the fore and hind legs of 
the ass. 
Preparations of the cranium of the ass, with the names 
of the bones, &c., marked. 
“ In appropriate proximity to this collection we noticed a 
full-sized bust of the late Edward Coleman, Esq., Professor 
of the Royal Veterinary College of London, as also the fol- 
lowing volumes pertaining to the veterinary department.” 
[Here follows a list of the books, a goodly number, both 
ancient and modern, which we need not particularise.] 
“ The following list comprised the veterinary instruments 
in Mr. M‘Kenna’s collection : — Set of dental instruments, 
with tooth-rasps, &c., complete; metallic wire for sutures, 
and a variety of needles for same ; various trocars, with silver 
canulas, as used for horses and cattle ; patent back fleam, 
with pin cutter (this has superseded the e bleeding stick’) ; 
lancets of different sizes and dimensions ; male and female 
catheters for horses ; patent sliding seton needle ( e this in- 
strument is capable of overcoming any resistance without 
risk’) ; box of various seton needles, and instruments for the 
operation of neurotomy, &c. ; probe-pointed bistouries, of 
different sizes and forms ; the improved castrating knife, with 
the various clams used for castration ; set of cupping instru- 
ments, with exhausting spirit lamp; the balling gun, and 
