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MEMOIRS OF THE VETERINARY SOCIETY OF THE 
DEPARTMENTS DU CALVADOS ET DE LA 
MANCHE, VOL II. 
In addition to the published Essays of many correspondents, 
in the last Report of this excellent society, there is a list of the 
titles of others that were presented and read, but not published. 
Some of them are on very important and rare occurrences in 
veterinary practice. W e copy a few of them : we wish that we 
could give more than the titles. 
The poisoning of a mare with digitalis. The quantity is not 
mentioned. The disease was farcy. 
A description of six osseous productions, found in the stifle- 
joint of a horse. They were extracted, and a cure effected. 
Cases of laminitis in many suckling foals. 
Five pigs destroyed by indigestion, having eaten of green lin- 
seed in the pod. 
Inflammation of the womb, apparently occasioned by several 
taeniae which were found in the womb. 
A mare producing a dead foal in the fourth month of utero-ges- 
tation, and another living one at the expiration of her term of 
pregnancy. 
Retention of milk in one of the quarters of the udder of a 
cow, in consequence of a calculus in the passage. 
An account of a colt with milk in the teats at the time of 
birth. 
Singular ulcers around the verge of the anus in a colt. 
Jaundice in a cow, caused by an enormous biliary calculus. 
THE VETERINARIAN , SEPTEMBER 1, 1837. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. — Cicero. 
THE PROGRESS OF THE TURF IN FRANCE. 
Within the last few months there has been established in 
Paris a subscription club, composed of the best of those who 
are now eagerly rallying round and supporting the French turf, 
yet in its infancy. When the name of M. Auguste Lupin is 
mentioned as President, and Lord Henry Seymour as first Vice- 
