FRACTURED LIMBS OF HORSES. 
499 
Sewell, at the Royal Veterinary College, to know if Mr. Bark was 
a member ; the Professor, in reply, said he was, but he could not 
say any thing about his knowledge of cattle, &c. ; but, in defiance 
of the Professor’s letter, Mr. Bark succeeded in getting the appoint* 
ment. A few days after, Mr. Bark came to ask me if I would 
write down the symptoms of the diseases for him, for he could not 
see any difference in those that were called diseased and those that 
were healthy. Now, my lords and gentlemen, I appeal to you if 
this is a person qualified to become an Inspector of Imported Cattle : 
proofs of the contrary are but too numerous. A few weeks back 
I was walking in Aldgate, not far from where the foreign cattle 
are landed, and seeing a grey bullock in the street, and a crowd of 
people about him, I crossed to look at him, and waited three quar- 
ters of an hour to see what would be done with him; I could wait no 
longer, and left him standing in the same spot. There was also a 
white one some little distance from the grey. I will now describe 
the symptoms they presented, and leave the reader to form his own 
idea as to what disease they laboured under. They stood in one 
spot, unable to move ; the breathing greatly increased ; a discharge 
from the nostril and mouth; the eye inflamed, having a wild 
appearance. 
I find the symptoms vary much in these animals : some have a 
peculiar shaking of one hind leg, the bowels costive, the coat looks 
unkind ; some are so furious that it is with danger they can be got 
at : they are in general sent in the conveyance cart. Others shiver ; 
have diarrhoea, which is very foetid and black ; the eye is inflamed, 
and looks wild : there is also an itching of the ears — the cough is 
sore and husky — a discharge from the nose and mouth ; and it is 
with much difficulty the animal can be made to move, from the great 
tenderness in the back and loins. 
Trusting these remarks may lead to the appointment of a more ef- 
ficient Inspector, and to a more careful and extended examination, 
I am, my Lords and Gentlemen, 
Your most obedient servant, 
Thomas G. Webb, 
Late of Whitechapel. 
FRACTURED LIMBS OF HORSES. 
By John Younghusband, V.S., Greystoke. 
From the cases of broken bones recorded in the July Number 
of The Veterinarian, I take the opportunity of forwarding you 
the two following, in which, I think, you will find a similarity. 
In the month of October 1847, a middle-aged cart mare was 
