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from the mouth and nostrils. Mosquito-bars were used as fly 
nets on this patient, but notwithstanding this it would be black¬ 
ened with flies during the day when the other animals were out 
o-razino-. Antiseptic lotions were used without avail. The post 
surgeon occasionally visited the corral and saw this unfortunate 
patient and recommended the commanding officer to call a board 
of survey to condemn and destroy this subject, to humanely end 
its misery, which was done without delay. I deemed it inexpe¬ 
dient to make a post-mortem examination, owing to the excessively 
hot weather and the disagreeable odor, yet I waited for a. more 
favorable case, which proved the mare mule fust mentioned, 
which accounts for my anxiety to follow the case. 
It appears horses and mules occasionally eat each other s 
manes and tails off, and particles of wood, when deprived of 
coarse forage or grazing, and some mules seem to acquire a habit 
of gnawing wood, especially when at leisure. 
saved a very interesting specimen from this mule’s dis¬ 
eased stomach and placed it in an antiseptic, fluid to prepare it 
for final preservation, calculating to present it to the museum of 
the American Veterinary College, but I was called away sud¬ 
denly to consult with the Cattle Sanitary Commission of New 
Mexico, and spent twenty-eight days investigating diseases of 
cattle, and on my return found the specimen ruined by evapora¬ 
tion of the liquids surrounding it. 
PUNCTURED WOUND OF THE FOOT. 
By Robert Robb, V.S., Terre Haute, Ind. 
During the month of June, 1895, I was called into consulta¬ 
tion with Dr. Elliott, of this city, in regard to a mare that had 
been lame for two months, the result of a nail having been picked 
up on the street and penetrating between the inner border of sole 
and frog of the front foot. At the time of my examination the 
mare was very lame in the near front foot, and during progres¬ 
sion the limb was carried off the ground, while in the standing 
position it was brought backwards with the toe resting on the 
ground. Around the head of hoof pus had been discharging 
more or less for three or four weeks, but had somewhat diminished. 
The parts were swollen and tender to the touch. During the 
time the mare had been under treatment she maintained good 
health. At the time the doctor was called in to treat the case, 
his line of treatment was in accordance with the case, but in 
spite of all that was done suppuration was the result at the place 
mentioned. Having informed the owners of my diagnosis, which 
