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died in two days. I u&ed a sheepskin here too. Another 
fatal case I attended two or three years ago, which resulted 
from docking. I docked again, and gave a great deal of 
African Aloes, &c. 
I attended a filly in Midsummer, which had tetanic symptoms 
for a long time. Like the calf, it had got wet, the only per¬ 
ceptible cause. Here I used counter-irritation, and with 
partial recovery. The animal could walk, trot, or gallop, 
perfectly well; but on stopping, or passing the faeces, the 
fore and hind legs were extended, the head thrown up, the 
brow protruded, and the fore legs moved uneasily. In 1849 
and 1850 I gave it repeated doses of Iodide of Potassium, 
without benefit. It was then sold out of my way. A suc¬ 
cessful termination to this disease I had in the Spring of 1849. 
It followed on an attack of bronchitis, with profuse discharge 
from the nostrils. I used counter-irritation. Blisters, setons, 
sheepskin (as in the previous case), and after recovery 
I opened the frontal sinus. I believe this case occurred from 
irritation of the brain, and probably oppression took place. I 
gave a great deal of Iodine, and shall try both it and chlo¬ 
roform again when I have a fit opportunity. 
Very truly yours, 
William Gavine. 
P.S.—Of all the different methods of castration, which do 
you prefer ? and do you consider (as in the case of clamming,) 
a wound with bruise more serious than one without ? 
CASES IN HORSES AND DOGS. 
By Robert Gibton, A.B. T.C.D. M.R.C.Y.S. 
To the Editor of “The Veterinarian.” 
Sir, —Though the two following cases of which I par¬ 
ticularly write (subjoining a few others as I am writing,) 
present nothing in their causes, symptoms, &c. but what 
have been seen, written, and heard of before, yet impressed 
with a belief that the favorable result of one case was 
referable to the action of one agent (mustard), and the 
unsuccessful termination of the other, owing to the inju¬ 
dicious use of another agent (turpentine), I am induced to 
solicit for them a place in your valuable periodical, under 
the conviction that every additional successful or unsuccessful 
