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a month old, and in which there was discharge of no less than 
three quarts of fluid from the scrotum, as related by Mr. Y'oung, 
does him considerable credit. 
Professor Renault’s operation of lithotrity in a mare well de¬ 
serves a place in the records of veterinary surgery—as does, 
for another reason, and as a very singular anamogy, the existence 
of but one kidney, and that sufficiently discharging its duty, in 
a mare. 
In the locomotive system, we find two unsuccessful but 
valuable cases of fracture of the scapula, by Messrs. Dupuy and 
Fuller. There is only one successful case, we believe, on record, 
and in tliat the horse was lame when trotted. There are too many 
powerful muscles at work. It is sometimes difficult to detect 
this kind of fracture ; but when it has been detected, the animal 
should be immediately destroyed. 
M. Delaguette treated a case of fracture of the humerus. 
The bone became quite consolidated, but the animal was de¬ 
stroyed on account of a weakness in the loins, which came on 
while he was slung. A very intelligible description is given of 
the bandages proper in such a case. 
Mr. Goodworth divided the flexor tendons in a very unfavour¬ 
able case. There was adhesion of the sessamoid bones to the 
large metacarpal and the os suffraginis, and it required the ex¬ 
ertions of four men to replace the pasterns in their proper posi¬ 
tion. He candidly acknowledged his error in undertaking such a 
case: and one affbrdino; a better chance of success soon after- 
wards comino; before him, he succeeded to the full extent of his 
wishes. 
Two cases of inflamed joints are related by Messrs. Holford 
and Cartwright. 
The description of the operation of periosteotomy by the As¬ 
sistant Professor at the Veterinary College is a valuable addition 
to veterinary surgery. In recent cases it offers great probability 
of perfect success. The benefit of it may be extended to exos¬ 
tosis of many different kinds, and will, ultimately, be adopted by 
the human surgeon. 
The adoption of Mr. James Turner’s system of deep firing, in 
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