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getting up the leg, and taking both legs off, and opening the chest, 
excepting the head, which I brought up by applying the forceps to 
the lower jaw, taking care to apply plenty of soft soap before using 
any force. The head of the foetus was now drawn down by means 
of the forceps attached to the lower jaw, so as to allow a rope to be 
put around the neck. This being done, gentle force was applied 
to the ropes, when, in a little while, the calf was extracted. The 
same treatment was directed as in the last case, and a dose of the 
same medicine ordered to be given daily until the fourth day, when 
I left her to the care of the owner. Some time after he informed 
me the cow did very well. 
INFLUENZA IN HORSES. 
By Mr. G. H. Darwell, US'. Cheetham-hill, near Manchester. 
Having the care of a large coach establishment belonging to 
Messrs. Greenwood and Turner, of this place, where there are 
upwards of one hundred and fifty horses kept, I have an oppor¬ 
tunity of seeing the various diseases to which this animal is subject, 
particularly one which has been very prevalent indeed, viz. influ¬ 
enza. This disease generally presents itself where there are a large 
number of horses congregated together in one stable, and especially 
where there is a want of ventilation. The air of such stables 
becomes heavy with animal emanations, and there is seldom any 
means of obtaining a current of pure air. In such stables, therefore, 
the animals are constantly inhaling the floating miasm, which 
irritates that most sensitive structure the larynx, and its poisonous 
influence shews itself in the development of the above malady. It is 
not that alone, in my opinion, that is the harbinger of the disease; 
but the severe exertion they are put to, and from oftentimes wdien 
in a state of profuse perspiration having to stand exposed to the 
most inclement weather These are, I believe, the chief pre¬ 
disposing causes of this malady. 
SYMPTOMS. —Sore throat., increased pulse, hot, dry mouth, dull 
and languid countenance, head drooping, short dry cough, eyes 
half open, and very watery; together with a slight discharge from 
the nostrils; and if you apply the least pressure to the larnyx, 
there is immediate coughing. But there is one symptom which is 
rather singular, and that is, glandular enlargements appear in the 
vicinity of parotid glands, and sometimes they present themselves 
between the jaws, as if the animal was labouring under strangles. 
These tumours grow to an immense size, and ultimately suppurate; 
and when exit is given to the imprisoned pus, it continues to 
