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tion: I placed upon the bleeding stump some Pulv.Gum. Acac. 
and upon this a thin pledget of tow, securing it by merely 
plaiting the hair. On the following morning, the tail being 
combed out, &c., the animal is fit to resume his work as 
usual. 
A short time since, an instrument-manufacturer of cele- 
brity, mistaking an order I gave him, sent me a searing-iron 
which, of course, I had long considered useless. I re- 
turned the rude weapon, and said in my note ee that I had 
ceased to require such a c tool,’ (surgical instrument I could 
not call it,) and I trusted, for humanity’s sake, to say nothing 
of the credit it would reflect on veterinary surgery, that the 
period was near at hand when the time of the artizan, in 
making this weapon, would be turned to a better account.” 
I merely quote this to show my much-respected professional 
friend that there is one at least besides himself who has been 
in the habit of docking without searing. 
I avail myself of this opportunity of stating that I have 
several times taken up the coccygeal arteries by ligatures, 
and which has always been attended with the most satisfac- 
tory result. This operation is easily accomplished, and being 
unusual, it creates in the public mind a favorable estimation 
of our profession, of which the operator has his share. In 
truth, this is the plan now generally adopted by me. 
In conclusion, let me observe, since the question is 
mooted, that there are many others who, like myself, have 
abandoned the use of the cautery, and who could say as 
much as I have done in its condemnation. To those who 
have not as yet followed the plan adopted by Mr. Gamgee 
and myself, I would merely observe — give it trial ; the result, 
lam sure, will be satisfactory. 
ANIDIAN MONSTERS. 
By John Gamgee, M.R.C.V.S. 
History . — I am indebted to Mr. George Yarnell, Assistant- 
Professor at the Ro} 7 al Veterinary College, for the specimen 
which is the basis of this communication. It was sent 
him by Mr. Bowman of Howden, from whom we have 
learned that Mr. Scott of Hook, owns the cow which 
expelled it per vaginam , before giving birth to a living 
male calf, which survived only a few hours. Whether 
the two were in separate membranes, a fact scarcely to be 
doubted, cannot be ascertained. 
