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ON THE DISSECTION OF 
had detached theaiselves from the mesentery, but were appended 
by shorter pedicles or cords. 
The large intestines were in a high state of inflammation. 
We have received from the gentleman to whom we are indebted 
for this communication, an excellent dry preparation of this 
strangulation. We return him many thanks for it, and it will 
find an honourable place in our museum. We would have pre¬ 
sented our readers with a cut of it, had not one or two drawings 
of strangulated intestine, which The Veterinarian already 
contains, given a sufficiently clear idea of the manner in which 
these pendulous tumours twist themselves round different por¬ 
tions of the intestines. 
Why are we forbidden to give the name of our correspondent ? 
He will soon, we hope, favour us with another communication, 
and without such an interdict. 
Edit. 
ON THE DISSECTION OF AND OPERATIONS UPON 
LIVING ANIMALS. 
We scarcely recollect when we have been more gratified than, 
happening a little while ago to be in company with one of the 
best physiological writers of the present day, and an excellent 
practitioner, too, he told us, that he was now in the habit of 
perusing, with variable but always considerable pleasure, our 
monthly periodical. He read it for the purpose of comparing, 
and there only, in the present state of veterinary literature, could 
he compare, the character of disease in different animals, so cu¬ 
riously modified by their structure and habits, and food and 
treatment. He thought that he had obtained a clue to the right 
understanding of one or two things that had been previously en¬ 
veloped in mystery : he spoke in terms of high praise of the 
account lately given of some diseases in the quadruped, which 
bore evident affinity to the epidemic that, at no distant period, 
swept away so many human beings: he lamented the untimely 
decease of our friend Castley, whose accuracy of observation and 
philosophic spirit of inquiry he warmly eulogized : and he spoke 
of certain lectures lately published in the Veterinarian. 
He threw out a hint, which may be useful to some of our cor¬ 
respondents, that, in his view, and, he was sure, in the estimation 
of our brethren generally, the value of our work would be in¬ 
creased by abandoning all general speculations and theories, and 
confining ourselves to what was strictly veterinary ;—it was vete¬ 
rinary physiology and veterinary pathology which he and we 
