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REPORTS OF CASES. . 
sulpli., ac. carbol. and petroleum. That worked better, but 
when it seemed the foot was almost ready for a shoe the canker 
broke out at the coronet ; the whole wall almost was separated. 
In the Review, under “ Italian Review,” I saw picric acid recom¬ 
mended to stimulate growth of skin. An idea struck me, for I 
was familiar with the acid, and I added this to the Dun mixture. 
The hoof at once made a steady recovery. The acid hardened 
the hoof, killed the vegetable (?) growth or pus and now 7 the 
horse has a whole foot and a shoe on it after a year and a half’s 
treatment by me, and the Lord only knows how much longer 
by other people. You will see by the books that there are 
almost as many remedies for that as for consumption and that 
they say that what will work in one case will not work in an¬ 
other. I tried most all of them. Now, here is another to add 
to that long list. 
REMOVAL OF A CAULKBOIE BY LIGATURE. 
. By J. A. McCrank, Plattsburgh, N. Y. 
A gentleman’s driving mare developed a large caulkboil, 
wdiich became an annoyance to her owmer. He used many re¬ 
ceipts for its removal, but to no purpose. He asked me to re¬ 
move it by some means. I tried the elastic ligature as men¬ 
tioned by Dr. J. C. Meyer, Vol. XVIII, page 501, of the Review, 
and on the tenth day a tumor weighing four and one-half 
pounds was removed and a smooth surface remained, which 
healed beautifully in due time. Now, this case may not be of 
any interest to many of the readers of the Review, but there 
are a few young brothers of mine who will be glad to know how 
I overcame my difficulty. I may say the operation is simple 
and was entirely satisfactory to me. 
TWO CASES OF AMPUTATION OF THE UTERUS. 
By D. D. Keeler, V. S., Salem, Oregon. 
I w r as called on January 9, 1899, to Lincoln, six miles down 
the river, to see a cow suffering from prolapsus of the uterus ; 
the cow was medium sized, half Jersey and half Roan Durham ; 
had dropped her calf three days previous, at which time the 
prolapsus occurred. A neighbor having some experience with 
cows was called in the first day and returned the womb, but on 
the following morning she was found with uterus again pro¬ 
truding. I reached there the following afternoon and found 
her in very bad shape ; womb lacerated, badly swollen and 
blackened. I could not return it, and decided on ligating it. 
