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The third case is of a horse attacked by a cancerous affection 
of the testicle, for which he was castrated ; but within twelve 
days after the operation a farcy cord made its appearance in the 
subcutaneous thoracic vein. It was fancied that a slight enlarge- 
ment oj the sublingual lymphatic ganglions could be perceived , 
and an increase of the mucous secretion of the nasal cavities. The 
farcy buds were cauterized, the mineral waters used as in the 
preceding cases; and, on the thirtieth day, the animal was per- 
fectly cured, and has continued capable of hard work for the 
last two years. 
Tiie fourth case does not relate to glanders, but a lameness that 
had existed for two years without any apparent cause, and which 
the veterinary surgeons of Nancy, Epinal, and Reminemont, had 
vainly endeavoured to cure. The animal underwent the follow- 
ing course of treatment: — Poultices were placed round the foot, 
composed of the sediment of the water taken from the bottom 
of the well, and applied hot; and a considerable quantity of the 
mineral water, at a temperature of twenty degrees (68° Fah.), was 
thrown on to the whole length of the diseased limb, by means of 
a syringe. After this treatment had been continued for twenty 
days the lameness ceased ; nevertheless, the same course was 
pursued for fifteen days more, when a complete cure was effected. 
The cases of which we have thus given a sketch are succeeded 
by an account of the topography and statistics of Bourbonne les 
Bains, and of the quality and powers of the water furnished by 
the different springs, as well as of the sediment. The author 
treats of the physical, chemical, and medical properties of both 
the water and the sediment. He subsequently endeavours phy- 
siologically to explain the beneficial effects which he has obtained 
from the use of them in the treatment of the animals mentioned 
in the foregoing cases ; and concludes his manuscript by proving 
that, from the quantity of water which is wasted, it would be 
easy to establish a veterinary infirmary at Bourbonne without 
injuring the establishments already existing there. 
This Essay is highly interesting, and the facts which it relates 
are valuable in a scientific point of view. The author, be he what 
he may r , is, evidently, a persevering man, who deserves encou- 
ragement. 
M. Riquet, veterinary surgeon to the 7th regiment of dragoons, 
and Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, has invented a modifica- 
tion of the present mode of shoeing horses. This is described 
in a paper, entitled “ An Account of a Pedornetrical Method of 
Shoeing Horses, both ini the Open Air or in the Stable.” 
The present mode of shoeing horses has long been a subject 
of complaint ; and among the number of reproaches brought 
against it, that of applying the shoe hot to the foot appears to be 
one of the greatest. This application, if performed by a clumsy 
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