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sible to store up in those cakes, the preservation of which is 
easy, that latent force which is contained in carcases, and to 
reserve it for utilisation at a selected time in the organism of 
herbivora. M. Laquerriere has done good service in show¬ 
ing by his experiments, so well adapted to the circumstances 
under which they were undertaken, and of so useful a bear¬ 
ing, the possibility of making the horse a hippophagous animal , 
and consequently, of making dead animals contribute to 
the preservation of the life and strength of the survivors.” 
On Gangrene of the Mouth in Young Calces, by M. 
Lenglen, of Arras .-—“ Authors on human pathology de¬ 
scribe, under the name of f gangrene of the mouth/ a mor¬ 
tification, spontaneous in appearance, of the buccal walls, 
affecting especially children subjected to prejudicial in¬ 
fluences, to a diet incomplete or bad, debilitated by sickness, 
or, in a word, submitted to hygienic conditions which alter 
the constitution little by little. I have not found this dis¬ 
ease described in any of the works on veterinary medicine 
which I possess; and, as I have often observed cases of it, 
I am about to bring it before the notice of my confreres. I 
am going to do so by reporting a number of cases noted 
recently. They will suffice, I hope, to enable attentive 
readers to obtain a correct idea of the conditions of its 
development, of its symptoms, progress, and the little success 
resulting from the treatment practised.” 
Case 1.—Female calf, Flemish; red in colour; eighteen 
days old ; in possession of proprietor fourteen days. Had 
been judiciously changed from the milk-and-water diet given 
by the dealer to good milk. Pedigree absolutely unknown. 
It had drunk well since its arrival at the farm, and still con¬ 
tinues to drink, but only in small quantity, and on opening 
the mouth might be seen on each side of the cheeks large 
greyish spots, which from day to day become much increased 
in size. 
February 15th.—-Appetite good; general health good, but 
animal a little dull; pulse normal; was taken very good care 
of by the owner. A small amount of saliva accumulates at 
the commissures of the lips. The buccal mucous membrane 
has its normal colour everywhere except at the level of the 
anterior molars on the left side and of the third right molar, 
where are two grey spots, about the size of a sixpence, and 
the tint of which singularly contrasted with the pinkish 
colour of the neighbouring parts. On close examination it 
becomes evident that this lesion is due to a necrosis of the 
buccal mucous membrane, and of the subsequent tissues, 
which are reduced to the condition of a tenacious putrid 
