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constitutes one proof out of mai;y of the assistance which one 
science may render to another. 
M. Blavette sent a series of observations on the protrusion 
and inversion of the rectum in the horse. In one case the uterus 
as well as the rectum was inverted, and presented its internal 
mucous surface covered with fragments of the placenta that 
were not yet detached. With little hope of cure M. Blavette, how- 
ever, attempted the reduction of both. He thoroughly cleansed 
the mucous surfaces, and deeply incised the parts that were much 
engorged, and even ventured to cut away several portions that 
were otherwise too much disorganized to admit of the possibility 
of healing. 
5. M. Papin, veterinary surgeon at the establishment of La- 
mirault, presented a work entitled, “The Cavalry Shoeing Smith’s 
Guide.” Without being especially designed for the agricul- 
turist, it contains much information highly useful to him. It 
likewise embodies all that is connected with the art of shoeing 
which modern works on farriery contain. 
6. M. Olivier exhibited a new kind of hobble to confine the 
horse under any serious operation. He accompanied this by two 
cases of articular rheumatism in the horse, a disease which is 
often complicated with serious affections of very important organs. 
7. M. Rewel, first veterinary surgeon to the 3d Hussars, contri- 
buted a valuable paper on acute enteritis in the horse, and an 
account of an operation on an enormous gangrenous tumour in 
the chest. 
8. M. Levigney, veterinary surgeon at Cambe, furnished an 
account of an operation for ventral hernia on a mare. She fell 
on a stake — the muscles of the fibrous tunic of the belly were 
torn, and a hernia as large as a man’s head was the result. The 
hernia was reduced, the wound was healed ; and, in process of 
time, the mare, that had been with the horse a little before the 
accident, produced a healthy foal. 
A second memoir wast presented by the same author on an aph- 
thous disease in horned cattle, which prevailed in many parts of 
France, and particularly in the Bessin Normandy, in 1839 and 
1840. It is well described in its symptoms, its progress, its 
apparent anomalies, and its fearful results. He treats of the 
question of contagion ; and his opinion is, that, in many cases 
its course may be clearly traced, while in others it appears to 
have no influence of this kind. 
An analogous disease was developed in the sheep, the goat, 
and even in the hog. These coincidences in the different species 
plainly demonstrate the power which the influence of the cli- 
mate has over the system. The persons who have the care of 
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