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ON LOIN FALLEN. 
Mr. Steel, although he has not yet had an opportunity of testing 
its practicability, deserves the thanks of the profession for such a 
suggestion, and it is one which I think very likely to succeed. 
At any rate, if it does not, we can but perform the Caesarean ope- 
ration. As to leaving the animal to die undelivered, such a pro- 
ceeding at the present day bespeaks but little of the practitioner’s 
judgment or surgical abilities. 
ON “ LOIN FALLEN.” 
By the same. 
As the calving season has now fully set in, and warm weather 
is coming, one may be allowed to call attention to that most fatal 
disease (in my neighbourhood at least) “ puerperal fever,” or what 
is more commonly called “ loin fallen.” 
Although 1 have seen at least a hundred cases, chiefly in this 
town, during the last twenty-five years, yet I am almost ashamed 
to confess that I cannot call to recollection that I ever cured a single 
case ; nor have I ever heard of a case being cured by any of the 
quacks in the neighbourhood. As to the antiphlogistic treatment, 
I must say that I have tried bleeding to a great extent without 
seeing any good effect from it, and until I am heartily tired, and I 
almost vow, when every fresh case occurs, that I never will bleed 
again. I should, therefore, be glad to hear the successful treatment 
of others, in towns, on the subject ; and perhaps ere long I may 
send a paper on the subject, having by me the notes of several 
cases, and post-mortem examinations, which are very troublesome 
to make. 
THE CONTROVERSY ON THE EXPANSION OF THE 
FOOT. 
To the Editor of “ The Veterinarian .” 
Sir, — For some months past a most interesting subject has 
appeared in The VETERINARIAN, concerning the “ action of the 
foot of the horse ;” and, having witnessed the experiments on one 
side with great interest, I beg I may be permitted to express an 
opinion of the manner in which Mr. Arthur Cherry has treated the 
subject. 
The absorbing fact which included the difference of your cor- 
