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foot from between the claws, from the laminae, and from the 
junction of the crust at the heel, may all be removed in the like 
manner by a keen hot iron. Numerous other cases I could re¬ 
late as to its efficacy, but will not trespass much longer on the 
pages of The Veterinarian, whose leaves are so valuable. 
Poultices are of little or no good; oftentimes they do harm, and 
cause the disease to spread, by promoting suppuration. The drier 
the foot is kept, the more apt is nature to restore the parts to 
their primitive state. The parts become harder, and lymph is 
much readier formed. Do what you will, you cannot now and then 
prevent disorganization of the parts. I shall continue to treat of 
other diseases of the sheep as opportunity may serve. 
[We shall be glad to hear from Mr. Read when '^opportunity 
may servebut, in the meantime, we do hope that some of our 
friends who are well acquainted with the general treatment of 
the sheep, and with this disease in particular, will take up the 
cudgels with regard to the contagiousness of fooUroty and also 
defend the poor despised old-fashioned butyr of antimony, which 
is worth a guinea an ounce in this dreadfully destructive ma¬ 
lady. We consider Mr. Read’s paper as a valuable one, and 
on a great many points we go with him every inch; but we 
cannot at once surrender all our old prejudices.—Y.] 
WORMS, THE CAUSE OF SUDDEN DEATH IN A DOG. 
Extracted from a Letter from PROFESSOR DiCK. 
I LATELY had the body of a dog sent to me by a gentleman, 
who, when in London, some years ago, ^was in the habit of con¬ 
sulting you. In a letter which he sent to me by the same convey¬ 
ance, he says, " My keeper went out shooting yesterday morning 
with the dog I now send to you. He was quite lively, and appa¬ 
rently well, during the former part of the day ; but towards even¬ 
ing he was seized with violent vomiting. When he came home 
he refused to eat, and this morning, about eight o’clock, he died. 
As I have lost all my best dogs rather suddenly, I will thank you 
to have him examined, and the contents of his stomach analyzed; 
and to inform me whether he has been poisoned, or what was the 
cause of his death.” 
On opening the abdomen, the viscera appeared quite healthy. 
The stomach was removed, and the contents were found to be 
more decidedly acid than usual. The acids were the muriatic and 
acetic. The finding of an increased quantity of these is far from 
