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affection ; but, strange to say, the appearances after death shewed 
an alarming affection. The symptoms in the cow were decidedly 
marked : violent coughing, which is invariably the case in bron- 
chial affections. That this is a disease produced by atmospheric in- 
fluence is too evident from the whole length of the air-passages 
being in a congested and putrescent state ; that it is not pleuro- 
pneumonia is quite certain, as the lungs are, when affected, but par- 
tially so, and the pleura is not at all diseased. It is very rapid in its 
progress, destroying life in the incredibly short space of three 
hours sometimes, generally before thirty-six hours. One- third 
that are attacked with this disease have cerebral affections in con- 
junction with diseased air-passages. 
The vesicular epizootic of 1840 has been prevalent this year in 
Warwickshire, Gloucestershire, and Worcestershire, and passed 
off lightly, only killing a few pigs. Many ewes in lamb have died 
from a similar disease. I cannot now speak as to its being con- 
tagious. 
Foreign Veterinary Journals. 
The Recueil de Medecine Veterinaire for February 
announces the death of two French Veterinary Professors, M. 
Rigot and M. Lafosse : the former, Professor of Anatomy and Phy- 
siology at the Alfort school ; the latter, Professor of Clinique and 
Pathology at the Toulouse school. M. Rigot had been compelled 
on account of ill health to resign his chair at the school, and since 
had been diligently engaged in a work on veterinary anatomy, 
which, unfortunately for science, he has left incompleted, and 
without any materials by him which might enable others to carry 
it on. 
The same Number of the Recueil contains a paper, extracted 
from the Compte-rendu of the Hospital for the sessional year 
1845-6, on 
Iodine Injections into the Cavities of Joints and Tendinous 
Thecce, 
From which it appears that M. Velpeau, a Professor at La Charite, 
has practised injection of tincture of iodine, diluted, in cases of 
