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a softened condition, the first time since Friday. The 
“ bending” is slightly relieved. Some sedative medicine was 
given, and a repetition of injections ordered, with small doses 
of cathartic agents, as the faeces were not so natural in 
their consistence as could be wished. 
On the following morning I found, on my visit, that the 
owner had sent the animal to the butcher to be slaughtered, 
about an hour before I arrived. I hastened there, which was 
about a mile distant, and found he had been opened and the 
parts thrown in different directions. I happened, however, to 
find the rectum cut out as I have sent it to you. The sur¬ 
rounding parts were highly inflamed, and the fat covering 
the kidneys greatly changed. The omasum was full, but 
not “bound.” The other viscera were healthy, excepting 
a slight blush of redness which pervaded the intestines 
throughout. 
[The morbid specimen forwarded by Mr. Bovett consisted 
of a tumour, chiefly composed of fibrine, which in its growth 
within the pelvic cavity had encircled the rectum, and caused 
ultimately a considerable mechanical impediment to the pas¬ 
sage of the faeces. On dissection, both the coats of the intes¬ 
tine and some portion of the tumour were found to be infiltrated 
with blood, which had escaped from the adjacent vessels, but 
which in our opinion had only occurred during the last few 
days of the animal’s life. In no other respect was any 
interest attached to the specimen.] 
THE COMPARATIVE MERITS OF ENGLISH AND 
GERMAN SHOEING. 
By “ Qu^esitor.” 
When staying in Paris for a few days, on my return from 
a continental trip, I happened to take up the Times, and read 
with much surprise the letter of a correspondent on the 
shoeing of horses in London. After describing the usual 
method, the writer urgently recommends, as an improve¬ 
ment, the addition of a knob of steel at the toe of the shoe, 
and calkins at the heels; because such additions would 
relieve the animal of much labour and suffering, and make it 
more effective. 
All who have given their attention to the subject know 
