THE 
VETERINARIAN. 
VOL. XXXII. 
No. 380. 
AUGUST, 1859. 
Fourth Series. 
No. 56. 
Communications and Cases. 
PAROTIDITIS IN A CALF. —THE SOLE OF A 
SHOE FIXED ON THE MOLARS OF A COW.— 
LARVA OF THE GAD-FLY UNDER THE SKIN 
OF THE NECK OF A HORSE. 
By J. Hawthorn, M.R.C.V.S., Kettering. 
The following cases are such as any veterinary surgeon, 
having a general practice, will frequently meet with; and being 
easily managed, they bring him not only a fair profit, but 
also tend to raise him in the estimation of his employer; 
while in the hands of an unqualihed person they are often 
sadly mismanaged, and that sometimes to the great loss of 
the owners of animals. 
I examined a thorough-bred Durham calf, having a 
swollen parotid gland. On opening it, a quantity of lauda¬ 
ble pus escaped. Its interior, after the evacuation of the 
abscess and when cleansed, I observed to be covered with 
hair, and spotted brown and white, like the body of the calf. 
The opening healed very rapidly, and thus all fear of any un¬ 
pleasant consequences were removed. 
It is probable that something had pressed upon the part 
when the young animal was in the uterus; possibly the feet 
of the calf itself. 
Every vestige of the swelling had disappeared in a few 
days. 
A cow was observed to be falling off rapidly in milk, flesh, 
and appetite. On examining the mouth, I found the sole of 
a shoe fixed along the top of the lower molars, the projec¬ 
tions of the teeth having pierced through the leather in 
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