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cases of chronic lameness, by Mr. J. Toombs, will be read with 
interest. There are affections of the legs in which it seems in¬ 
dispensable ; but the severity of the operation, and the blemishes, 
lasting during life, should be well considered. 
The reader will find in the present volume an excellent ac¬ 
count of the nature and management of Treads, by Mr. Cheetham, 
and of the extensive lesions often produced by them when un¬ 
skilfully treated. 
Last among the maladies of our chief patient stands an obsti¬ 
nate and a disoraceful one,—manoe. Our continental brethren 
have successfully employed the Creostote, or preparation of soot, 
as an easy and radical cure for it. 
Many papers of sterling value occur in this volume relating to 
those neglected subjects, the diseases of cattle and sheep. 
Among these, and under the digestive system, the treatise on 
diarrhoea in cattle, by Mr. Brown, will not pass unnoticed. He 
' traces its exciting causes to an obstruction of the third stomach, 
or a morbid action of the liver ; and the treatment which he re¬ 
commends in either case is evidently scientific, and has been 
sanctioned by considerable experience of its effects. There are 
few subjects more important than the digestive functions of cat¬ 
tle, or in which we more need communications from skilful and 
experienced men. 
Mr. Harrison places red water on its proper basis, as primarily, 
in a great majority of cases, a disease of the digestive organs. 
This is a new doctrine among us; but it is founded on truth, and 
will lead to far more successful practice than has hitherto been 
adopted. 
The diseases of the spleen of the ox—their causes, symptoms, 
and treatment—this was another unexplored field. We are 
much indebted to M. Crusel for a very complete and useful map 
of the country. 
The operation of oesophagotomy on a parturient cow, by 
Mr. Horsefield, was a bold and a successful one. 
The case of rupture of the pericardium, by Mr. Friend, will 
not escape observation. It stands alone in the records of cattle 
medicine. His sketch of the symptoms is ingenious and satis¬ 
factory. 
