Translations and Reviews of Continental 
Veterinary Journals. 
By W. Ernes, M.R.C.V.S., London. 
Annales de Medecine Veter inair e } Bruxelles, 
For i\pril, 1859- 
DIFFICULT PARTURITION IN A COW. , 
In this case the first attempt made was by unskilful hands. 
Exploration showed a false position of the limbs, but they 
could not be reached with the arm so as to be adjusted. 
The cow, therefore, was placed with her fore feet in the 
manger, and thus raised, it was found that the presentation 
was sacral, with the legs under the body. The legs were 
brought forward, one after another, and delivery was effected 
in less time than is required to describe it. The animal, 
however, died shortly after, and the autopsia showed a rent 
in the uterus five inches long, caused by the hook of the 
unskilful attendant. 
In another case, where the arm could not reach the feet, 
the presentation being the same ; the same means were 
resorted to of raising the fore part, when parturition was 
effected and the patient did well. 
ENCEPHALO-ARACHNOIDITIS. 
By M. Hardy, Student of the Fourth Year. 
The patient was a mare, nine years old. The symptoms 
were loss of appetite, somnolency, and yawning, the 
animal resting the head on the manger; from time to time 
there were nervous fits, when she would hang back and 
throw herself about, after which the stupor returned. 
The diagnosis was encephalo-arachnoiditis. 
The treatment consisted of bleeding from the jugular vein, 
