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doubt but pus would have been found, and perhaps also some 
cells characteristic of the disease under which the cow was 
labouring. 
I cannot think that difficult parturition was the sole cause 
of this disease, although it might have had much to do in 
increasing its activity and hastening its linal results. I have 
long thought there was a great tendency in cattle to scrofula, 
particularly in some of our improved breeds. The members 
of our profession should be on the alert in looking out for 
indications of this affection, as it is only by numbers and 
comparisons that a right conclusion can be arrived at on a 
point like this. 
The kidneys of this cow could not have performed their 
function, or at any rate only very imperfectly, for a long¬ 
time ; and it is therefore the more remarkable that she should 
have been apparently in good health, and have laid on flesh 
nearly up to the time she was slaughtered. The case is a 
valuable one, and it is much to be desired that if any similar 
one should come under the notice of the veterinary surgeon, 
he will not fail to record it. 
I feel that, in making comments on this case, I am some¬ 
what trespassing on the domain of Professor Simonds; but I 
am assured he will agree with me, that in my so doing I am 
but working with him for one common end. 
PATHOLOGY OF STRINGHALT. 
Letter from Dr. John Busteed, New York, 
Gentlemen, —In the October number of your Journal you 
were pleased to copy a letter of mine, addressed to Wilks 3 
Spirit of the Times , on the subject of (( Stringhalt.” It will 
also be in your remembrance that the cases referred to in 
that communication received from the pen of Professor 
Yarnell a scientific, liberal, and lengthened criticism. Con¬ 
curring with the professor in all that he has said in reference 
to an interchange of opinions between medical men and 
veterinarians, I would go further, and advocate their union. 
No medical man, in my opinion, can become thoroughly 
proficient in his profession without some knowledge of com¬ 
parative anatomy, and certainly the veterinary surgeon will 
be none the worse off if he avail himself of the text, Know 
