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ON SHOEING BY ONE-SIDE NAILING. 
I went. May the 18th, 1832, to a cow four years old, that was 
supposed to have slipped her calf, as a small portion of the pla- 
centa was to be seen ; but on examining her, I found a very small 
calf, in a perfect state of decomposition, in the passage. I extracted 
it with some difficulty, and the cow needed no farther assistance 
from me. This heifer took the bull at two years old, and was 
consequently expected to calve the next spring ; but as she did 
not, and being of a highly prized Sussex breed, she was again 
turned with the bull, but never was seen to shew any desire for 
sexual intercourse. It is very clear that she became impreg- 
nated at two years old, and that she must have remained so two 
years. How soon the calf died, or from what cause, I will not 
presume to say. I do not recollect ever seeing a case like this 
on record ; but if you make it known to your country friends, 
I doubt not that you will be furnished with similar facts, however 
strange or improbable they may appear to be. 
[Why will not the contributor of these interesting cases per- 
mit us to authenticate them, by affixing to them his name, of 
which we have been long in possession? — E d.] 
ON HORSE SHOEING BY ONE SIDE-NAILING. 
By Mr. J. Carlisle, Wigton. 
Messrs. Editors, — I have now been a subscriber to your 
valuable Journal for a length of time, and confess that I never 
perused it without finding something very important ; and I hope 
it will ever abound in scientific information worthy the attention 
of every veterinarian. In order to contribute my share, I beg to 
make a few remarks on the highly important system of one-side 
nailing, brought into general notice by that ingenious and praise- 
worthy gentleman, Mr. Turner, to whom the public is much 
indebted. 
I should have been glad had this subject been taken in hand 
by a more talented and scientific veterinarian, who could have 
done justice to that little practised yet unrivalled system of one- 
side nailing. When I say unrivalled system, some may probably 
think I am getting out of bounds ; but I speak from diligent 
and practical observation, combined with a knowledge of the 
anatomy of that vascular and delicate organ, the horse’s foot. 
Horse shoeing is certainly a very important operation, and has 
been much studied, and many improvements 1 made in the art 
by several of our veterinarians : our learned Professor, Mr. 
Coleman, has made the horse’s foot his principal study, and has 
