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whole time the malady lasted amongst the cows of the same 
farm. The virulence of the milk being established, ought 
it to be given to such calves as are yet free from the disease ? 
If aphthous stomatitis, as the author calls it, is transmissible 
to individuals of different species, it must possess in a higher 
degree the fatal privilege of communicating itself to animals 
of the same species. It is evident that the disease is inocu- 
lable in two ways—1, by the serum of the vesicles; and, 2, 
by the milk of the infected subject. On the other hand, 
it is an admitted fact, that in all contagious affections an 
identical disease to the one from which the virus emanates 
is always produced, with this difference, that the malady is 
always more benign, and, consequently, easier to cure. 
Treatment .—Though the malady was not severe, it w'as 
necessary, however, to adopt some means to shorten its 
duration. To effect this, a solution of the chlorate of potass 
was prescribed, as a gargle, three or four times a day. 
AMPUTATION OF A HERNIATED UTERUS IN A BITCH : 
By Jos. Macorps, Huy, January, 1862. 
M. Macorps was consulted respecting a bitch of the 
pointer breed, which had a tumour in the left flank, opposite 
to the last teat but one on the same side. It had made its 
appearance about six weeks previously, and had gradually 
increased in size ; there was neither heat nor pain, but the 
animal seemed greatly inconvenienced in its movements. 
The author considered the tumour to be of a fibrous or of a 
scirrhous nature, very common in dogs. “ I set myself/’ 
the author says, without hesitation, to work to extirpate 
it. A large incision in the skin laid bare a whitish, oblong 
body, uneven and wrinkled in its longitudinal aspect. I at 
once discovered the mistake made in my 7 somewhat hasty 
diagnosis. I found that I had to deal with a herniated 
uterus. I could feel several foetuses in it, which must have 
been developed after the hernia had taken place. It is pro¬ 
bable that the fecundated ova had been deposited in the 
herniated part soon after copulation, or else that the hernia 
occurred immediately after coition. It was impossible to 
attempt the reduction of the organ ; true, the opening might 
have been enlarged, but this was not easy, and the hernia 
