AN UNUSUAL CASE OF IIERNIA IN A COW. 
quent rapid progress? Was the treatment to the 13th proper? 
Was not the stimulating medicine given afterwards highly danger¬ 
ous ? Could any thing more have been done, that was calculated 
to be of service, after the 19th? Is there a similar case on record ? 
Before we attempt to reply to the queries of our correspondent, 
we must state, that this communication from Mr. Allison was sent 
to us under the modest signature of A, accompanied, indeed, with 
the name and address of the writer, without which no contribution 
will find a place in our Journal. Mr. Allison modestly stated, 
that he was a druggist at Pateley Bridge, and occasionally called 
upon to prescribe for and attend to the diseases of horses and 
cattle. Although he was no collegian, and might be deficient in 
some of the technicalities of anatomical description, he had on 
record several cases which he had not found described in any of 
our books ; and he selected the present one as a proof of his 
anxiety to contribute even his humble share to the common stock 
of veterinary knowledge. 
In the plenitude of our editorial power, we have suppressed the 
anonymous signature. Non unde sed quid is our motto; and we 
thank Mr. Allison for the contribution of a rare and interesting 
case, and hope to hear from him again. 
We find some difficulty in answering Mr. Allison's question as 
to the etymology of “ Fellon, or felon." We can trace it to the 
French; or rather, we think, that they may have derived it from 
us. t€ Felin" is the vulgar or local name, in some of the French 
provinces, for that disease in oxen which a better nomenclature 
would rank under the designation of inflammatory fever. In¬ 
flammatory fever in cattle is frequently accompanied by ana- 
sarcous, or emphysematous, or phlegmonous affection of the cel¬ 
lular membrane; hence the curious crackling under the skin, 
when certain parts, and the loins especially, are pressed upon. 
The Saxon name for the skin is pelle (felle); and hence, pro¬ 
bably, among the numerous names given to this disease, the term 
u fellon," in reference to this affection of the cellular membrane. 
An old writer (Wiseman) calls a species of whitlow felon, as being 
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