CORRESPONDENCE. 
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inary College, Edinburgh, a bovine pathologist second to 
none on pleuro-pneumonia, to whom, along with Professor 
Whalley, fresh specimens of the lungs of said oxen were sub¬ 
mitted for inspection, and who at once pronounced the lesions 
to be those of contagious pleuro-pneumonia. 
After having submitted the sections of the lungs of Dept¬ 
ford oxen to the scrutiny of the members of the Lancashire 
Veterinary Medical Association, and receiving a unanimous 
verdict that the specimens exhibited were those of bovine 
contagious pleuro-pneumonia, Prof. McFadyean concludes 
with the following: 
“ But there remains to be mentioned additional evidence 
of great weight in support of the opinion that the Deptford 
ox was the subject of pleuro-pneumonia. On the occasion of 
a visit to the Continent during the past summer, I personally 
submitted portions of the lungs of this animal to Professors 
Bangs (Copenhagen), Schutz (Berlin), Johne (Dresden), 
Csokor (Vienna), Kitt (Munich), and Lupke (Stuttgart), and 
each of these distinguished pathologists without hesitation 
declared that the lesions present were those of contagious 
pleuro-pneumonia (lungenseuche).” 
In face of the above facts you and every impartial critic 
must agree with me in failing to find where the triumphant 
vindication comes in. My object in thus placing these facts 
before the readers of the Review is that the veterinary 
profession, who doubtless are interested, may compare notes 
and draw their own conclusions. 
Yours truly, L. McLean, M.R.C.V.S. 
NAVICULAR DISEASE. 
Dear Sir. —In the January number of the Review you 
published a paper read before the Massachusetts Veterinary 
Association, by W. Bryden, V.S., in regard to which I wish 
to say a few words. 
I have myself quite frequently noticed an apparent sym¬ 
pathetic sensitiveness of some part of the leg when the parts 
within the horny box were becoming diseased. For example, 
