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quently found in the interior of joints. Sometimes they are loose ; 
at others they are merely attached to some small pedicles. Oc- 
casionally, the interior of the substance is bone and covered by 
cartilage ; at other times, they are entirely cartilage. These gen- 
tlemen are of opinion that these tumours often become detached 
by some accident to the joint. 
I have occasionally met with loose portions of cartilage in the 
theca of the back sinews, in the neighbourhood of which there 
has been ulceration of some portion of the tendon. 
OVARIAN DROPSY IN A CALF TWO WEEKS OLD. 
By the same. 
In May, 1843, I had given to me a beautiful specimen of ova- 
rian dropsy in a calf only a fortnight old, that was butchered for 
meat. It weighed, with the small uterus attached to it, 13 oz., 
and I should think the uterus, &c. did not weigh much more than 
an ounce. It was spherical, and about ten inches in circumfe- 
rence, and its contents seemed liquid, the lower part of which 
were of a bloody hue. Since it has been macerating in a solu- 
tion of chloride of soda, I have been obliged several times to 
renew the solution on account of its being bloody. 
TWO SINGULAR CASES OF THORACIC AND ABDO- 
MINAL DISEASE IN THE HORSE. 
By Mr. A, S. Copeman, Walpole. 
Knowing your desire strictly to investigate all matters con- 
nected with veterinary science, and to lay before the profession 
every information tending to its advancement, I beg to place at 
your disposal the annexed cases of abscess in the mesentery, the 
sequelae of strangles, as I am convinced they are of frequent oc- 
currence among horses and colts. I will briefly relate the history 
of two out of fifteen cases which have lately come under my 
notice. 
May the 3d, 1843, my attention was directed by Mr. White, 
of this place, to a valuable chestnut cart horse, six years old, of 
excellent conformation, and who, with several other horses and 
