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inflicted on the posterior and lateral parts; very little lame¬ 
ness occurred at the time, but it increased daily, and was 
attended with discharge of synovia. The remedies adopted, 
which consisted of cathartics, astringents, absorbents, &c., 
produced no benefit. Great attention was given to insure 
quietude of the limb; but when the knee-joint is implicated, 
I must confess this is a difficult task to accomplish. 
On the 29th my friend, Mr. J. Lawson, of Manchester, 
and Mr. B. Briseoe accompanied me to see my patient. 
They simply recommended a continuanee of the treatment 
hitherto adopted, the discharge then being trifling, but 
shortly afterwards it made its appearance on the anterior 
part of the joint, which I considered a very unfavorable 
symptom. Exfoliation of a small portion of bone soon fol¬ 
lowed, and I now saw that the case was becoming hopeless. 
On November 2nd I advised the owners to have the horse 
destroyed. 
Post-mortem examination showed a fraeture of the head of 
the inner small metacarpal and trapezoid bones, the latter 
was shattered into a dozen pieces. The cause of the injury, 
in my opinion, must have been a blow either from the heel 
of the shoe of the fore foot, or the toe of the hind foot, in 
the animaks efforts to recover himself from the fall. The 
singularity of the ease appears stronger when we look at the 
complieated structure of this joint, with its extreme flexi¬ 
bility. The blow must have been very great to have produced 
such destruction of the parts. 
Pathological Contributions. 
CATTLE PLAGUE. 
Buckowina and Hungary are still infected with the plague, 
despite the means employed for its eradication. The disease 
is also reported as being on the increase in Galicia, and to 
have reappeared with great virulence in several parts of 
Roumania. 
The Saxon Government requires bills of health with re¬ 
gard to Moravian and Bohemian cattle imported into the 
country; and with reference to Hungarian, Podolian and 
Galician cattle, in addition to the bills of health, certificates 
