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my return home, T sent him some tonic diuretic balls, each con- 
taining a dose of pulv. lyttae ; one to be given daily. 
Nov. 5. — I received a note to-day, informing me the swelling 
had extended to his sheath, completely filling the space between 
his thighs ; and that the integument had sloughed for a space about 
the size of a hat crown at the back part of the thigh. I sent a 
further supply of the tonic diuretic medicine, to be given every 
morning ; and in the evening I ordered that he have a dose of hy- 
driodate of potass dissolved in a little water. 
8th . — Visited him to-day ; found the sheath had sloughed all 
along the off side, from which came a great deal of discharge ; and 
the inside of the near thigh as well. Moreover, there is an open- 
ing into the front of the stifle, from which issues a glairy discharge. 
The swelling has left the fore parts, and is much reduced in the 
hind leg. It is moving forward along the abdomen from the sheath, 
and is altogether gone from the nostrils. I directed the parts- that 
had sloughed to be frequently washed with a solution of chlor. 
calcis, and the same medicine to be continued ; also, to be allowed 
a small quantity of hard oats daily. 
14^. — He is very much improved ; the swelling is all gone, 
with the exception of a little under the abdomen. I told the owner 
that my attendance was no longer necessary. I have heard of him 
several times since, and understand he is in fine health and 
spirits. 
December 12, 1849. 
VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 
By T. D. GREGORY, M.R.C.V.S., Bideford, North Devon . 
Sir, — I WAS somewhat surprised, on taking up the last number 
of your Journal, to find my short note of the 10th of last August, 
after having been laid aside for three months, brought forth to form 
the subject of a lengthy editorial article. Yet I do confess the 
pleasure I felt far exceeded the surprise. Not that I am at all 
ambitious that my name should be so prominently placed before 
the profession. I would rather, much rather, the more proficient 
pen of a man of greater standing, and one better known, had been 
the instrument of calling forth your opinions upon the subject of 
veterinary jurisprudence. But, since it has been my good or ill 
fortune to have so attracted your attention, I feel I cannot do less 
than overcome my repugnance to public notice by again addressing 
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