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a deficient equability of strength of the parts so uniting, when the 
active inflammatory action has subsided, and not having proceeded 
beyond the state of granular deposit, may, under such circum- 
stances, be a means, like splent, spavin, & c., of adding to the 
strength of a part that has proved itself to be weak. This ob- 
servation will, however, only be applicable to some certain states 
of the disease. 
But such is the complexity of disease, so rarely is it that we 
find any one disease existing without some traces of other dis- 
ease, that it becomes difficult to divide or to make clear that 
which otherwise would be so; hence it follows that almost all 
are disposed to take different views of the causes of the various 
symptoms that are manifested in the progress of morbid action : 
but many things which appear at the first sight to have only an 
ideal existence, assume a tangible and coherent form when the 
mind has acquired the power of seeing through the apparent gloom 
which before surrounded it. 
Treatment . — Bleeding from foot or pastern veins — warm bath- 
ing — cold applications, combined with firm support by bandaging 
— blisters — and perhaps, at times, the actual cautery : but what 
I believe to be the most effectual mode of treatment is long and 
perfect rest, and a bandage firmly bound round the leg from the 
knee or hock to the fetlock, and frequently wetted with cold water. 
This support acts beneficially, by tending to aid in the more effec- 
tual repose of the parts, and thus give a better chance for the con- 
solidation of the newly effused ossific deposit: and this is the end 
to be at all times sought, as also to arrest the progress of such 
deposit at as early a stage as possible. 
VETERINARY OBSTETRICY: 
THE VARIOUS PRESENTATIONS AND METHODS OF EXTRACTING 
THE FOETUS. 
By W. A. Cartwright, M.R.C.V.S., Whitchurch, Salop. 
[Continued from page 21.] 
Breech Presentation. 
A BREECH presentation is that wherein the tail and breech of the 
foetus are to be felt protruding within the os uteri or vagina, and 
with the hind legs stretched out underneath the belly. Sometimes 
the foetus lies upon its back or side with the breech presented; but 
most frequently it is in a sitting posture, with its back towards its 
mother’s and its feet stretched out beneath its abdomen and thorax. 
