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characteristic and marked from spavin, &c., I have thought 
a few lines on the subject might not be deemed uninteresting 
to your readers. 
I have observed in this disease that the animal evinces 
pain when the foot touches the ground, and conseqently he 
brings the sound leg forward as quickly as possible, so as 
to receive the weight, thus producing an action or limp, very 
similar to that which exists in a pricked foot. This is best 
seen when he is made to turn over in the stall. His cus¬ 
tomary position when at rest is, the affected leg is brought 
back with the toe only resting on the ground. But, on the 
other hand, in spavin the lameness is evinced upon flexing 
the hock, giving more or less the appearance of string-halt for 
the first few strides, which is caused, 1 suppose, by the 
obstruction to the play of the inner division of the biceps 
tendon of the flexor metatarsi, the slender tendon of the 
flexor accessorius, or the flexor pedis. 
I have also observed that old horses are more subject to 
this disease than younger ones are. Perhaps this arises from 
the less degree of elasticity of the ligaments of the joint. 
The treatment I have found successful is perfect rest, con¬ 
joined with the application of extract of belladonna, dissolved 
in iodized glycerine, over the affected part. 
Facts and Observations, 
ADVANTAGES OF THE MYLABRIS CICHORII OVER THE 
CANTITARIS VESICATORIA. 
At a recent meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society, Professor 
Bentley exhibited a number of beetles which had been found 
among a sample of Cantharides. Also, a few of these last- 
named that had been caught in Norfolk, during the past year, 
observing that their appearance in England was not un¬ 
common, nevertheless it was always confined to the three 
Eastern counties, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex. In 1837, they 
were met with in considerable numbers in Suffolk and Essex. 
Although the colour of these two beetles is alike, their forms 
differ considerably, the one being oblong and tapering, the 
other (melolontluz vitis ?) being larger and square, while it is 
said to possess no vesicating properties. But, as observed by 
Dr. Redwood, a person unacquainted with this fact would re¬ 
ceive the sample without discovering the adulteration. 
