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undoubtedly have lived had pains been taken to feed it, which 
was done with a bottle a couple of times, until this afternoon, 
when I put an end to it by opening its jugular. The mother, a 
year ago, had an acute attack of laminitis (both fore feet) brought 
on by a long drive. She was down a long time, unable to stand, 
the soles finally sloughing and dropping, but she eventually made 
a perfect recovery. 
It is claimed in human medicine that sudden frights and great 
emotional excitement are among the causes of such anomalies. 
The mother of this was frequently chased by a bulldog belong¬ 
ing on the place, and two or three times caught in the nose by 
the dog. Frank Traver, D. V. S., Rhinebeck, N. Y. 
[Dr. Traver sent the head of this colt to the museum of the 
American Veterinary College.— Ed.] 
OBITUARY. 
JAMES HAMILE, D. V. S. 
This well and favorably known practitioner died suddenly 
from heart disease on Friday, May'29, while occupying the 
witness chair in the 6th district civil court, and giving expert 
testimony in a horse case. 
Dr. Hamill was born in Bellacastle, County Antrim, Ire¬ 
land, 55 years ago, attended the national school and served an 
apprenticeship in horse-shoeing under his father. He came to 
this country in 1861, worked as a journeymen horse-shoer in 
various shops, until he formed a copartnership in the liorse-shoe- 
ing business with Mr. Jas. Atchison, some thirty years ago, locat¬ 
ing on 14th Street, near 2d Avenue, New York, which shop he 
still conducted at the time of his death. 
During the many years he devoted to horse-shoeing, he made 
a special study of the horse’s foot and its diseases, and invented 
many mechanical devices for the scientific treatment of diseases 
of horses’ feet, and to overcome faulty action. His collection 
of horse-shoes, especially designed to relieve the numerous 
pathological conditions daily met with in practice, is to-day 
probably the must complete of any in the country. 
He matriculated at the New York College of Veterinary 
Surgeons in 1876, and graduated from the Columbia Veterinary 
College in 1879, with honors, in the same class with the late 
Dr. J. F. Mustoe, of Brooklyn, and the late Dr. C. A. Meyer, of 
New York. He at once started in practice and in a short period 
