DISEASE OF THE EYES OF BREEDING EWES. 
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them, and the many kind expressions which have reached us 
during the progress of our enunciation of the Principles of 
Botany. 
A REMARKABLE CASE OE MAL-DEVELOPMENT 
OF THE FOETAL MEMBRANES. 
Reported by Thos. Handy, M.R.C.V.S., Cardiff. 
I have forwarded to the Royal Veterinary College, per 
G.W.R., the placental membranes of a cow, thinking 
the specimen might be interesting to the students. I 
have never seen such an instance of mal-development during 
my fifteen years of extensive cattle practice. 
The brief history of the case is as follows:—I was called 
to see a three-year-old cow that had calved a dead calf 
without assistance; but from the tremendous size of the 
after-birth, parturition could not he completed. It was for 
this reason that my services were required. Fully seven 
hours' continuous labour were occupied in bringing away the 
membrane, and I should think, without exaggeration, that 
the cow passed from fifteen to twenty gallons of fluid during 
this time. On visiting her the next morning she appeared to 
be doing well. I trust that you will excuse this brief outline 
of the case, as I am much pressed for time. 
[Viewed as a whole, the membranous mass could scarcely 
be recognised as the foetal membranes of a cow. It was re¬ 
markably red in colour, and weighed between seven and 
eight stones of 14 lbs. The chorion was principally studded 
with nodulated masses, which were perfectly smooth on the 
surface, and in places upwards of two inches thick. Very 
few cotyledons existed, and none of these were naturally 
developed. The amnion had a thickness in proportion to 
the chorion, and only here and there did the membrane resem¬ 
ble its normal condition. It would have been both interest¬ 
ing and instructive to have ascertained the relative proportion 
of the weight of the foetus and its membranes.— Eds.] 
DISEASE OF THE EYES OF BREEDING EWES. 
By W. H. Beach, Veterinary Student. 
The flock of a gentleman renting a farm on the south- 
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