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parturition had manifested themselves. But in the course of a 
day or two these symptoms gradually disappeared without any 
appearance of the foetus. Mr. C. told him, nothing could be done 
for her then ; but that, should the foetus be alive, the parturient 
symptoms would return, when a live calf might probably be 
extracted ; should it however be dead, that decomposition would 
take place, and the flesh pass away with the urine, the bones re- 
maining within her uterus. 
We heard no more of the case until the 20th November, being 
twelve weeks and a day from the time we before heard of her, 
amounting altogether to fifty-two weeks and a day from the time 
she had had access to the male subject. At this time the usual 
parturient symptoms re-appeared, and with considerable difficulty 
a live bull-calf was brought forth. The bystanders were amazed 
at the enormous size of the calf : its teeth, limbs, and hair, repre- 
sented a calf of six months old. Had it been in an ordinary fleshy 
state, it must have been impossible to have taken it away alive. 
I saw it the other day, when it appeared to be doing well, but 
considerably larger than the other calves, some of which were from 
five to six months older. 
On the 25th September, 1849, Mr. Clark was requested to at- 
tend upon a black draught mare, the property of Mr. John Head- 
land, farmer, Bramston, near Lincoln, which had been for some 
time a confirmed roarer, and for the last ten or twelve months had 
gradually been getting so much worse, that at length she had become 
incapable of performing any kind of work whatever: in fact, she 
could not walk more than a dozen paces without danger of suffo- 
cation. She had had the usual treatment applied to her, viz., 
blisters, setons, &c., but all had proved to no good effect; and 
they were just on the eve of destroying her, when some one ad- 
vised Mr. Headland to have some further advice respecting her. 
Accordingly, they sent for Mr. Clark, and we at once attended. 
The noise which the mare made in respiration was heard by us at a 
considerable distance before we reached the premises. Mr. Clark 
examined her larynx, and at once decided on performing trache- 
otomy, which gave instant relief. The mare commenced her 
work a few' days after the operation, has continued to do it with 
the tube in her trachea, with ease, and is able to perform an 
equal amount of work with any horse on the farm : she has since 
gained flesh as fast as she previously lost it. 
*** How long was she, or will she be, able to wear the tube 1 
and what was, or is, her condition of wind, since or after its with- 
drawal? — Ed. Vet. 
