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an important question is raised and which veterinarians ought 
to try to settle by dissection and careful examination of the 
correct origin and final anatomical condition of the organs in¬ 
volved. 
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Pustular Dermatitis. —The season for clipping horses 
will soon return,—and with it, no doubt, an affection of the 
skin, which we remember gave us a great deal of anxiety. In 
a large fashionable establishment where saddle horses only were 
kept, we have had for years a cutaneous eruption which was 
not only troublesome by itself, but was rendered more so by 
the impatience of the owners, who were in many instances un¬ 
able to ride their horses, as the eruption very often prevented 
the application of the saddle. The disease was sure to appear,, 
once a horse was clipped, and clipped with the most modern ma¬ 
chine ,—one to-day, four or five the next, and, in fact, all that 
had been clipped with the same instrument. 
It was a parasitic disease evidently, and its manifestations 
were very alarming with a few animals. Sometimes a little 
pimple, followed by a slight oozing, formation of a scab, under 
which a small granulating surface existed. In other cases sev¬ 
eral of these pimples would gather ; the discharge would be 
abundant, and regular ulcerations, with somewhat ragged 
ulcers, remained. It was not uncommon to find inflammation 
of the skin quite extensive, and the inflammation becoming 
involved gave rise to regular farcinous (?) cords, which some¬ 
times would be accompanied with suppuration of one or more 
ganglions. It looked much like farcy. They were, however, 
nothing else than lymphangitic, pseudo-farcinous eruptions, 
which Prof. Trasbot has had opportunities to observe, and for 
which he proposes the name of “ Pustular Dermatitis.” 
Cadiot says that the trouble is not new on the Continent. 
That it comes from Canada, and after arriving in England 
reached Germany. Whether it comes from Canada it matters 
little ; we certainly have it in the States. Nocard tells us that 
it is due to a microbe, and we are positive that the clipping 
