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cessive thirst ; and, in about a month, the whole of the effusion 
was absorbed, although, from the size of the abdomen, it must 
have amounted to a similar quantity to that drawn off on the 
three previous occasions. The dog’s appetite speedily returned ; 
he gained flesh rapidly, and has continued quite well, and, from 
being a perfect skeleton, soon became overloaded with fat. 
Induced by the great benefit derived in this case from the 
iodine, I took an opportunity of trying it again on the first case 
that occurred, which was of a Newfoundland dog that was af- 
fected in the same manner, and to about the same extent, as in 
the previous case. He was immediately put on a course of iodine, 
which was gradually increased. As absorption rapidly took place, 
the tumour was completely taken up ; but, partly in conse- 
quence of pushing the medicine too far, and partly from exten- 
sive disease of the liver, unfavourable symptoms took place, and 
he sunk rather unexpectedly. Still, however, from the obvious 
and decided advantage derived from the medicine, I have no 
doubt that iodine will be found one of the most efficacious reme- 
dies in dropsy in dogs. 
ON SORE SHINS IN THE HORSE. 
By Mr. E. A. Friend, Walsall. 
In The Veterinarian for June there was a remarkably 
well-written article, on sore shins in the race-horse, by Mr. 
Atcherley, of Bridgenorth. In choosing this subject he has an- 
ticipated me in your pages, though I assure you this is no source 
of regret, as he has so well described the disease and attendant 
circumstances, as to leave me little more to do than to add a run- 
ning commentary on his text. 
This long-promised communication, together with the meta- 
carpal and pastern bone of a half-bred mare, the subject of this 
disease, and which I trained and ran two years with variable suc- 
cess, I beg to offer for your acceptance, hoping the one will be 
found a complete illustration of the other. 
Mr. Atcherley very properly commences his paper by alluding 
to the importance of the subject under consideration, both as it 
affects the owners and trainers of race-horses. Perhaps, in this 
light, one more important, less understood, or more baneful in its 
effects, could not have employed the pen of any veterinary writer, 
and Mr. Atcherley deserves great credit for the very energetic 
and luminous w'ay in which he has brought it before the public. 
It is the first article on the subject I ever remember to have seen. 
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