700 ANALYSIS OF 1835 . 
Mr. Chapman’s case of laryngitis accompanied by scarlatina, 
is well told. 
Of the recent additions to veterinary surgery, few are more 
deserving of the closest study than M. Leblanc’s account of 
wounds penetrating into the chest of the horse. Among the 
numerous and satisfactory experiments which he has made, the 
veterinarian will find a case analogous to every one that can 
possibly occur to him* in his practice. They do much credit to 
the diligence and tact, and surgical acumen of the learned 
Editor. 
The inquiry which Mr. Apperley would institute as to the 
cause of so few broken-winded horses being found in France, 
would be a novel and interesting one. The observation of this 
gentleman, that horses that require strong doses of physic are 
generally strongest in constitution, is consistent with many a 
physiological and pathological fact. 
Mr. Webb has communicated a successful case of paracentesis 
of the thorax. Such results are few and far between in our re¬ 
cords. We may now be induced oftener to have recourse to this 
operation, and earlier than we have hitherto been accustomed to 
do, and before extensive and fatal lesions have been effected in 
the chest. 
Mr. Thomson’s observations on severe firing in castration de- 
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serve serious attention. Our wishes and our experience, however, 
would disincline us from going to so great a length as he does; 
and, in fact, we trust that the time is not far distant, when the 
skilful use of the torsion forceps will altogether preclude that of 
the iron in this operation. 
M. Lautour’s account of a contagious disease in the genitals 
of the horse and mare, although not the first that has been 
given, is an important addition to our knowledge of the diseases 
of the generative system. There is no doubt of the occasional 
existence of this malady, as contagious, and almost as destructive 
as syphilis itself. It is sad to think what ravages it effected in 
the constitution—no less than twelve mares died of chronic 
glanders. 
The successful treatment of a case of hydrocele in a foal not 
