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commonly called the whip-worm; which he had found in a 
horse. He says, that half the horses in the island are affected 
with these worms, and that they give rise to obstinate skin 
affections and emaciation, which become increased in severity 
by the bad stabling and management of the animals. He 
adds that he has succeeded in expelling large quantities of 
these worms by the exhibition of calomel, followed up by aloes ; 
and also by administering potassio-tartrate of antimony for 
six consecutive mornings, half an hour before the animal is 
fed, and then giving an aloetic purge. He has likewise used 
turpentine enemas with advantage, but still many worms are 
left in the intestines. The natives fail to rid the horse of 
these entozoa by their remedies. 
EXISTENCE OF FILARLE IN A SINUOUS ULCER OF THE 
WITHERS OF A MARE. 
We have been favoured by Mr. Bovett, M.R.C.V.S., 
Bridgewater, with some filarice , which were found by him in 
a fistulous sinus, situated on the withers of a mare. He 
says that besides the worms sent there were many more, 
which, at first sight, he took to be disintegrated fibres of 
ligament, and wiped them away with the discharge coming 
from the wound. His attention was arrested by observing 
motion in the supposed fibres, which led to a more careful 
examination and detection of the parasites. 
The annals of veterinary medicine are singularly deficient 
in cases of this kind, but numerous instances are recorded in 
human surgery. The Museum of the Royal College of 
Surgeons contains many similar specimens of worms, some of 
which were found in encysted abscesses, and others in 
ulcerative sores, &c. We are glad to be enabled to record a 
fact of this interesting description. 
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Mr. Mather, M.R.C.V.S., Doncaster, informs us that he 
was recently consulted respecting the death of some year-old 
rams, from intense inflammation of the bladder and urethral 
canal. The disease had its origin in calcareous matter 
blocking up the urethra in its course through the vermiform 
appendage of the penis, and producing retention of urine. 
