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REMARKS ON FIRING, &c. 
From these two cases it may be remarked, that, in the forma¬ 
tion of pus in internal organs, there are or may be the following 
symptoms:—increased fever, exemplified by quickened pulse and 
breathing; skin alternately hot and cold, accompanied with 
rigors. If it occurs, as in the latter case, upon the brain, the 
symptoms are somewhat different, on account of the consequent 
pressure upon that organ. If we had been able to watch these 
cases from their commencement to their termination, we might, 
perhaps, have traced distinctly, first, the symptoms of congestion 
of the brain, and then those which would indicate the formation 
of pus. 
I send you these imperfect remarks, hoping that they may lead 
to more extended inquiries on the subject. 
You, I trust, continue to enjoy good health ; and should Pro¬ 
vidence bless you with that inestimable gift, the signs of the 
times are evidently such that you will at length see that change 
in our profession which will gladden the heart of every well 
wisher to it. I confess that I read, with more and more interest, 
every number of your Journal, on account of the information 
which it contains of the steady and, now, rapid advancement of 
veterinary science. 
GENERAL REMARKS ON FIRING, DISEASE OF 
THE HOCK-JOINT, PUERPERAL FEVER, 
AND RED-WATER. 
Bi/ Mr, S. V. Gregory, Sherborne. 
I HAVE for a long time intended to make a few general remarks 
on some veterinary subjects, with the view of inducing some 
abler pen than mine to follow them out. Since The Veteri¬ 
narian has published the debates of the “Association,” it has 
become doubly valuable; and my attention has often been directed 
to subjects that would have otherwise been neglected, by some 
remark that occurred in these discussions. 
Mr. Turner, in my humble opinion, well deserves the thanks 
of the profession for his admirable defence of the firing-iron. 
For several years, in a great measure, I have discarded the ope¬ 
ration from my practice—I mean as to light, pretty-lined, com¬ 
paratively useless, firing; but in cases where I consider the iron 
to be actually required, I have not hesitated to fire, and that 
deeply; particularly in cases of osseous deposition between the 
large and small metacarpal bones, and where the enlargement in- 
