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thereby distinguish any morbid condition that may exist. By such 
an examination, the practitioner ought to make himself aware of the 
general condition of the walls of the vagina and the state of its 
mucous lining ; and he should also especially attend to the state 
of the structures of the os and cervix uteri. There can be little 
difficulty to an “ experienced and trained hand” in detecting the 
enlargement of inflammation, the hardness of induration, and the 
rugged, irregular, and flocculent surface of ulceration ; and these 
latter sensations, combined with the existing symptoms, and espe- 
cially with the nature of the discharge, should leave little doubt 
as to the real nature of the disease, or the method of treatment 
that should be adopted. 
Secondly, of the use of the speculum, in the investigation of the 
diseases of the females of the lower animals, there can be no doubt 
of its efficacy, though I have not, as yet, seen its application in 
the treatment of such diseases. 
There will, and must be, somewhat of a difficulty experienced in 
the exploration of the uterine diseases in the female of the lower 
animals by such a means ; but I have no doubt of its successful 
employment. The depth of parts proves, from the experiments 
I have made, to be a great barrier to its use ; but I have little 
doubt that, in a short time, such a method of diagnosis will be as 
much had recourse to, and attended with as much success, as has 
followed its use in the treatment of the uterine diseases of females. 
As to the treatment that should have been adopted, this should 
have been upon the simple principle of the treatment of ulceration 
generally. Scarification instead of leeching of the os uteri, the 
use of a mild caustic to the ulcerated surface, both of which could 
have been easily applied through a tubular glass canula, and the 
use of mild vaginal injections, would have constituted the whole 
treatment ; and I feel assured that, had such a diagnosis been 
obtained, and such a line of practice adopted, there would have 
been the best anticipations that a perfect recovery would have 
been effected. 
EXTRAORDINARY MODE OF TAMING AND 
BREAKING-IN HORSES. 
By a Spectator. 
As in medicine so in horse-breaking, there are those who, de- 
spising the high roads of science, attain their objects through by- 
ways and short cuts, to the surprise of all us regular scholars, who 
