A GLANCE AT THE VETERINARIAN.” 77 
post-haste) arrived. In cases where the oesophagus is plugged 
with corn, your plan of pouring down liquids and pressing and 
squeezing the tube i>ust be an excellent one; for, as you truly 
observe, in such a case, the probang must prove ineffectual. 
And your suggestion, of forcing the fluid down by means of a 
stomach-pump, is a valuable one (and particularly, as I take it 
for granted that every veterinarian now-a-days is provided with 
that indispensable apparatus). In the instance of the plug be¬ 
ing a single body, a piece of turnip, mangel wurzel, &c., the 
probang will be the proper instrument. People who are in the 
habit of feeding their horses and cattle on roots may reap this 
useful lesson from these cases, that the roots should be sliced, 
not cut into cubic forms. 
My old friend’s paper is also valuable, from its entertain¬ 
ing accounts of the tricks of the brutes one has to deal with in 
country practice. Cramming new-laid eggs, whole! down horses’ 
throats, to improve their condition, puts me in mind of a great 
discovery made, some years ago, by a friend of mine, which con¬ 
sisted in fattening pigs on sawdust: after several experiments he 
came to the conclusion, that his newly-discovered fattening feed 
was improved by being mixed in equal quantities with barley 
meal!! I wish (don’t you, Messrs. Editors ?) our worthy friend 
would oftener entertain us with some of his “ scribbling and 
especially since he has left it to you to cut away and cauterize,” 
when you, in your editorial judgment, imagine he has gone far 
enough.” By this I dare say you begin to wish I had given 
the same privilege: but, remember, I do not; and therefore I 
beg you will insert every and all” of my nonsense. 
Mr, Naylor^s Case of Nephritis, 
The readers of The Veterinarian ought to feel it an act 
of kindness to Mr. Naylor, irr having called their attention to a 
subject that has, somehow or other, not been a popular one, 
either with you, Messrs. Editors, or with your collaborateurs. How 
comes this ? Nephritis is not so very rare a disease as not to be 
met with often enough, or one so very unimportant as not to attract 
attention when it does occur. The explanation of the circum¬ 
stance appears to be this : The common form Nephritis assumes 
is the chronic; which is one that (although it must occasion 
pain, and, we know, does inconvenience to the animal) does not 
lay the animal up, or absolutely call for medical aid. The ani¬ 
mal may move with pain and stiffness about the loins; he may 
have difficulty and pain in voiding his urine, and the urine that 
does flow may be thick and white from purulent admixture : 
