QUERIES RESPECTING CATTLE, &C. 313 
.12/A,—A great deal better ; eats a little; holds her head up ; 
takes notice of surrounding* objects ; every bad symptom leaving* 
her. I gave eight ounces of Epsom salts morning* and evening. 
13/A.—Mending apace. 
14/A.—Seemingly recovered; but I ordered the setons to be 
kept for another week. 
What will not inexperienced persons do? A gentleman in our 
neighbourhood had a mare which foaled about a w eek ago. 
Some time before she foaled she had, as he thought, a sw elling 
along the belly and the groin. 
The owner put a rowel in her brisket, which took away the 
swelling along the belly, but that at the groin remained undi¬ 
minished : he then inserted another in the groin. Three days 
ago he requested me to see her, when upon examining her 
I found the swelling, as it was called, to be a large hernial sac. 
I immediately removed the rowel, when it appeared evident that 
mortification w*as taking plaoe: an immense quantity of yellow 
stinking serum flowed from the abdominal cavity through the 
orifice made by the rowel. She was evidently in great agony. 
The intestine might be both seen and felt, and it was very dark 
coloured. She died this morning. 
May 18, 1831. . ... 
QUERIES RESPECTING CATTLE, &c. 
The following Circular has, ere this, reached the majority of 
our veterinary readers; but lest some should have been unin- 
tentially passed over, w e give it insertion in the present Number 
of our Journal. The queries relate to subjects of the highest 
moment, whether the interests of the agriculturist or the im¬ 
provement of our profession are considered. If practitioners 
in the various parts of the kingdom will contribute the result of 
their experience in the breeding of cattle and sheep, and the 
nature, causes, and treatment of their diseases, amass of infor¬ 
mation will be accumulated, absolutely invaluable, and, in fact, 
the foundation will be laid for a truly national work on a subject 
hitherto neglected, but of vital importance. Mr. Youatt most 
earnestly solicits the co-operation of his veterinary brethren; 
and pledges himself, that to every fellow labourer due and 
public acknowledgment shall be rendered. Breeders of cattle, 
and agriculturists generally, may render very considerable 
assistance, and for which the society, and the humble individual 
who has the honour to be employed by them in arranging this 
work, will bo truly grateful. Two valuable communications are 
appended: they contain the kind of information which it is de¬ 
sirable to collect—W. Y. 
