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flowed copiously. On closer examination it was found that 
the lateral cartilage was torn from its subjacent adhesions, 
and only held by a small portion to the os pedis; underneath 
it there was a rent in the capsule of the articulation of the 
foot, large enough to introduce the forefinger between the two 
last bones of the foot. The author decided on removing the 
cartilage, as is practised in quittor ; this done, the rupture of 
the lateral ligaments, which was only suspected before, could 
be easily seen; gangrene had already commenced in some 
part of this lacerated wound. It was dressed twice a day 
with balm of opodeldoc until it assumed a healthy appearance, 
afler which the Egyptiacum ointment so much praised by 
Verrier in wounds of the articulation, was applied daily on a 
pledget of tow, so arranged as to make part of the ointment 
penetrate into the wound. On the 20th of December the 
wound was entirely closed. The author doubts whether by 
any other remedy such a result could have been obtained. 
Veterinary Jurisprudence. 
WINCHESTER COUNTY COURT. 
The usual monthly sitting of this court was held at the Castle, on 
Monday, August 3d, before T. Gunner, Esq., Deputy Judge. 
LANHAM V. SlMONDS. 
SEEDY TOE. 
The plaintiff was Mr. Edward Lanham, a resident of Southamp¬ 
ton, and the defendant W. B. Simonds, Esq., of Barton Farm, Win¬ 
chester. The action was brought to recover the sum of £23 18s. fid. 
—loss occasioned by the resale of a chesnut gelding purchased by the 
plaintiff of defendant with a warranty as to soundness and to be “ free 
from vice.” Plaintiff alleged that the horse so warranted was not 
sound, and was not free from vice, and that he had a habit of shying. 
Mr. Leigh, of Southampton, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. R. 
W. Simonds for defendant. 
In opening the case for the plaintiff, Mr. Leigh stated that the result 
would turn upon the scientific evidence respecting the state of the 
horse at the time of the sale. The horse w 7 as sold for £50 by defendant 
to the plaintiff on the 28th March last, and delivered next day at 
Southampton. The unsoundness was not discovered by Mr. Lanham 
till the 10th May ; but although he did not find it out, Mr. Gould, farrier, 
who shod the horse, discovered it a few days after it arrived at South¬ 
ampton. The animal had what was called a “ seedy toe ’ ’ (which, as its 
name indicated, was a soft, pithy substance), and he also had corns. 
The horse went a little lame shortly after his arrival, but this might be 
the case without forming a conclusion that the animal was unsound. 
