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eczema EPIZOOTICA IN THE METROPOLIS. 
capital could be devised than the one projected by Mr. 
Gamgee by means of cow-spaying. On the most moderate 
calculation, there are 2000 dairy cows kept in Glasgow and 
1000 in Edinburgh (which is, perhaps, about one half within 
the number); and, without taking into consideration hundreds 
of other cows kept in other localities, here are 3000 cows 
in Scotland alone for Mr. Gamgee annually to operate upon; 
for he professes to come out as general cow-spayer for North 
Britain, in addition to his anticipated operative consultations 
in the populous towns and cities of England; for, to use his 
own words, he expects his conquest to embrace “ London, 
Manchester, Liverpool, &c./ J where, he justly adds, “it re¬ 
mains to be seen how much good the practice loill effect At his 
usual charge of two guineas for each operation, if employed 
as he expected, he would have realised a handsome yearly 
income of <£6000 sterling. But J presume England has al¬ 
ready heard all that it will ever hear “ how much good the 
operation will effect,” and that the practical good sense of John 
Bull will not be long to discover the truth of the cautious 
opinion pronounced by the “canny ” North— that the cow- 
spaying of dairy stoch is a great delusion . And I apprehend, if 
Mr. Gamgee does not adopt a better tract of inquiry and re¬ 
search, that the patrons of the Edinburgh New Veterinary 
College will at no distant date come to the conclusion that 
he is more a speculative controversialist than a practical 
teacher. 
Facts and Observations. 
GREAT PREVALENCE OF ECZEMA EPIZOOTICA IN THE 
METROPOLIS. 
During the past few weeks Eczema Epizootica has pre¬ 
vailed to a very serious extent in the dairies of the metropolis, 
and the surrounding districts. Many cows have died, and 
a far greater number have been disposed of at a great re¬ 
duction of price in consequence of becoming affected with 
mammitis, ulceration of the feet, &c., as sequelae of the 
malady. The purveyors of milk have been put to the great¬ 
est strait to find a sufficient supply for their daily custom¬ 
ers, and healthy cows from the country have been purchased 
by them at fully twenty per cent, above their ordinary value. 
