66S TRANSLATIONS FROM CONTINENTAL JOURNALS. 
The cause of this affection is not known, except it be 
attributed to the heavy loads which these animals are com¬ 
pelled to drag. At the commencement of the disease, there 
is a great difficulty in the act of progression. The leg is car¬ 
ried outwards but the step is tolerably firm, and when the 
horse is standing still, the lameness cannot be perceived. 
On the supero-internal region of the limb, along the course 
of the vessels, there is usually a slight infiltration, of an 
oblong shape, which is painful on pressure. About twelve 
hours after the invasion, the tumefaction has greatly aug¬ 
mented. It is hot and painful, of a cylindrical form, and 
spreads over the whole of the thigh. The lameness now 
becomes greatly increased, and during the next thirty to forty 
hours the tumefaction has extended over the whole surface 
of the limb. The fever also is more marked; when the 
malady has reached its climax. The malady now seems to 
remain stationary for a few days; and then, being at its 
period of resolution, the swellings become less and the fever 
decreases. The lameness also disappears, having lasted from 
twelve to fifteen days; but the intensity, as well as the dura¬ 
tion of this malady, present great variation, without refer¬ 
ence to the treatment which has been adopted. 
The best treatment consists in the use of a liniment of 
ammonia, applied with friction; two or three applications 
of which will suffice to bring about a resolution. Mercurial 
ointment has also been recommended, but the parts must be 
often rubbed with it. Eight to ten applications of this 
unguent have been advocated. Nitrate of potash is to be 
given interally, and scarifications had recourse to when the 
malady has reached its highest point. 
AN AGED COW. 
Poll Angus, a celebrated cow, the property of Mr. 
Watson, of Kieler, died lately at the age of thirty-five years 
and six months. She had twenty-five calves. At twenty- 
nine she ceased giving milk and breeding; but she did not 
fall off in condition until two years ago, and only refused her 
food two days before she died. 
