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CHRONIC DISEASE OF THE BLADDER. 
old, the property of Mr. Tusson, of Blearsby. Upon making 
inquiries, I find the disease appeared slightly about twelve 
months since. The peculiar symptom then evinced was, a 
somewhat frequent desire to urinate, followed by copious 
discharges of urine. This gradually increasing, induced the 
owner to fatten her. The urine now became scantv, and often 
voided, until about two months since, when the micturition 
returned to such an extent, that an involuntary flow of urine 
constantly took place, whether the animal was standing or 
lying. 
She was slaughtered on the 28 th ult., after walking 
eleven miles on the preceding day. The thoracic and abdo¬ 
minal viscera were perfectly healthy, and no congestion had 
taken place in the kidneys. The labia pudendi were slightly 
reddened from irritation. The beast had fattened well. 
You will perceive I have dissected down the urethra into 
the small remaining cavity of the hypertrophied bladder. 
Should you think the case of sufficient interest to appear 
in the Veterinarian, your pathological description would be 
highly appreciated by myself, and I have no doubt by many 
other readers of that invaluable journal. 
[In consequence of the vagina having been cut off imme¬ 
diately behind the labia pudendi, and the meatus urinarius 
destroyed, we are unable to give so full an account of the 
specimen as we could wish. The bladder, at its fundus, was 
very much thickened, and its mucous membrane elevated in 
the form of small nodules. On cutting through this sub- 
stance, the submucous tissue was found to be infiltrated with 
pus here and there, but which existed only in a very small 
quantity. The still remaining portion of the bladder was 
greatly diminished in size, but its coats appeared to be 
unchanged by disease. The attached generative organs 
were healthy.] 
ON ULCERATIVE DISEASE OF THE HOCK- 
JOINT. 
By “ HippiatristV 
In the May number of your Journal a case is related of 
this disease, connected with spavin and other ossifications of 
the hock-joint; and as I have had lately cases of the like 
disease unconnected with either of the above affections, in 
which the symptoms, and especially the gait, have been so 
