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Archiv fiir Wissenschaftliche tindpracktische Thierheilknnde the 
following table, giving the number of veterinarians in each 
country, the extent of ground covered by each practitioner, the 
number of horses and of cattle which may be called to his care. 
Countries. 
Belgium. 
Bulgaria. 
Denmark. 
Germany. 
France. 
Greece. 
Great Britain. 
Holland. 
Italy. 
Luxemburg. 
Norway. ... 
Austria. 
Portugal. 
Roumania. 
Russia (including Poland). . . 
Russian Poland. 
Sweden. 
Switzerland. 
Servia. 
Spain . .. 
Hungary. 
Total number 
of 
veterinarians. 
One veterina¬ 
rian to 
square 
kilometres. 
475 
60 
48 
2014 
475 
81 
3516 
153 
3389 
129 
17 
3830 
2698 
I16 
437 
75 
2561 
112 
23 
112 
123 
2620 
957 
312 
88 
1058 
133 
985 
853 
5037 
72 
1554 
310 
1422 
571 
71 
45 
1080 
3432 
146 
732 
444 
One veterina¬ 
rian to 
number of 
horses 
One veterina¬ 
rian to 
number of 
cattle. 
570 
2793 
9038 
36874 
864 
3571 
1093 
4993 
1028 
3835 
639 
3290 
623 
3506 
622 
1868 
719 
3459 
1227 
8153 
1678 
9032 
2263 
7931 
4517 
18595 
20961 
28427 
— 
38188 
1598 
8013 
182 
2071 
3666 
18394 
599 
646 
2388 
6655 
Similar statistics made in the United States and in Canada 
would certainly show that again iVmerica is leading the world. 
Ankylosis of the Fetlock Joint \By E. E. Marthi \.— 
This mare, says the author, at the time of purchase had both 
fetlocks rather enlarged and round, her gait was stiff and be¬ 
came stiffer. Though she was blistered twice, she grew worse, 
became lame at a trot, but made rather a good canter. There 
was entire loss of power of flexion, which was very painful 
when made by force. The animal was chloroformed and forc¬ 
ible flexion applied, when noises of snapping of adhesions 
were readily heard. At first the mare was much benefited, but 
the improvement was only temporary. ' Plantar neurotomy was 
resorted to later on and considerable benefit obtained, most of 
the intense lameness disappearing. She did her ordinary work 
for some months and was ultimately destroyed. At post¬ 
mortem examination the lower portion of the metacarpal bones 
and the upper part of the os suffraginis were found to be 
thickly covered with ossific deposit, which extended upwards as 
far as the bulbs of the splint bones, which were also involved. 
