ON DRENCHING HORSES ANI) CATTLE. 
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half above the fetlock, the artery was recognized by its pulsation. 
I proceeded to make a cautious incision through the integument, 
dissected through the cellular substance, and the nerve was brought 
into view. I passed my crooked needle, armed with silk, under- 
neath it ; then gently raised the nerve, dissected it from the cellular 
substance beneath, and removed one inch of the nerve, my first 
incision being made at the upper part : in which case the pain 
of the second cut was not felt. The edges of the wound were then 
brought together, a small piece of list placed over them, and this 
was bandaged tolerably tight. I gave a strong purgative, and kept 
the cow upon bran-mashes, &c. 
On the third day the bandage was removed, and the wound 
dressed with tincture of aloes. The part healed in less than three 
weeks ; but the cow got up immediately after the operation free from 
lameness, to the great joy, not only of the owner, but every person 
present; and I need not tell you my own feelings at such com- 
plete success. 
The milk, which had stopped altogether, returned in a few days; 
and the cow is now in fine condition. 
I called yesterday at the farm to see a sick horse, and the cow- 
man requested me to walk and see her. It is not possible to detect 
the least lameness, except, perhaps, that she steps a little short 
with that leg : in all other respects she is perfectly well. 
I did not find it so difficult to perform the operation on the cow 
as on the first horse I neurotomized. I trust, from the good success 
I have met with in this instance, the operation will become gene- 
ral in all similar cases ; in fact, in many a lameness for which a 
valuable animal has been destroyed. 
ON DRENCHING HORSES AND CATTLE. 
By Mr. W. MOGFORD, Guernsey. 
Opinions that I have met with in the course of the discussions 
which your valuable periodical has given to the public on the subject 
of the present epidemic among cattle have again brought under my 
eye the strictures of Professor Stewart, of Glasgow, on drenching. 
I may, if you will permit me, offer you, on a future occasion, some 
remarks on this said epidemic ; but I will at present confine myself 
to the point in question. 
The most circumscribed practice will supply complete proof of 
the importance of the subject, although by some it may be treated 
as too trivial to call for serious discussion. Mr. Simonds is of opi- 
nion, and I coincide with him, that some of the ingredients of the 
