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DEATH FitOM DISEASED JAW-BONES. 
It was supposed, by every person that saw her, that she would 
never recover, but must die from her wounds and dreadfully 
emaciated state ; but her owner being anxious, if possible, to 
save her as a breeding mare, she was, with difficulty, got into 
a loose box, lined or almost filled with straw : laxative and fever 
medicines were administered ; and she was ordered to have little 
food besides mashes and gruel, and occasional clysters. I care- 
fully detached both soles, and also the side walls of both fore 
feet, and every portion of the diseased laminae was well cleaned ; 
and then, being washed with a lotion of sulphate of copper, the 
whole was dressed with digestive ointment, and large poultices 
of linseed meal applied, which were changed twice every day. 
She was attended by a son of mine (a pupil of Mr. Dick) for the 
first fourteen days, and then delivered over to the care of a black- 
smith, as we were at a distance of nearly eighteen miles from 
her. 
January 1832. — I visited her for the last time : her feet were 
looking well, almost of their natural size, and having their proper 
concavity. She had not yet been out of the box. I measured 
both fore feet, and went to the blacksmith’s shop, and had two 
fore shoes made for her, and shod her in the box ; and when I 
led her out, I was pleased and surprised to see how well she 
went. I was not content with this, but had her put into harness, 
and was still more pleased with her action and way of going. 
She is still living, and doing well as a breeding mare ; but she 
has a little of, what you gentlemen in the south call, navicular 
disease. 
A MARE STARVED TO DEATH FROM DISEASED 
JAW-BONES. 
By Mr. W. A. Cartwright, Whitchurch. 
A cart mare, between twenty and thirty years of age, the 
property of Messrs. Cross and Jagger, in this town, began to 
quid her food when out at grass ; she would nip it off very well, 
but, when she began to grind it, she dropped it from her mouth. 
She continued to do so for about a fortnight, until the field was 
nearly covered with quids, when she died from sheer want. 
Whilst she was alive there was the peculiar smell from her mouth 
that indicated diseased bone ; but, after carefully examining her 
mouth, I could only detect two ulcers of the cheek opposite the 
last of the grinders, one on each side. These ulcers were dressed 
with a solution of nit. of silver, and the teeth rasped. 
Post-mortem appearances . — The ulcers on the cheeks were of 
