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has the toe shortened, gives a little judicious exercise and 
monkey’s treatment. I v o ! the horse soon goes sound and Jones 
scores a mighty victory. Brown has his revenge. Jones has 
treated a case of strangles until the suppurative stage is near, gets 
the bounce and Brown shows them how to clean them out. He 
is usually the lucky man who is called near the close of en¬ 
demic. The cases are less severe and show his superior treat¬ 
ment. Typhoid influenza and parturient apoplexy often give a 
man much unearned glory. We are frequently asked for an 
opinion upon some abnormal condition, especially when the 
animal is about being sold. Does or will it disqualify the 
animal ? Other opinions will be freely proffered and sought 
after, and your prognosis in the case surely put to the test. 
Many cases will not admit of a positive prediction and many 
reputations have been shattered by making positive assertions. 
Still worse when a man is off in his diagnosis pronouncing a 
case of bruised or punctured frog, severe hip or shoulder lame¬ 
ness. A broken tooth or foreign body fast in the mouth, a ease 
of choking distemper, and there are lots of similar mistakes that 
amount almost to professional suicide. 
REPORTS OF CASES. 
“ Careful observation makes a skillful practitioner , but his skill dies ivith him. By 
recording his observations, he adds to the knowledge of his profession , and assists by his 
facts in building zip the solid edifice of pathological science 
A costly experience. 
By W. H. Turner, V. S , North Amherst, Ohio. 
On December 5th we were called to a neighboring town to 
attend a cow said to be suffering from indigestion. On reach¬ 
ing the farm we found a basement stable containing about 
twenty head of cattle ; and among them a Jersey cow, very 
emaciated, discharging a watery secretion quite freely from both 
nostrils and eyes. Thermometer gave a temperature of 103, 
pulse was 72, and respirations 14. Persistent grating of the 
teeth and complete loss of appetite, but no tympany present. 
My diagnosis was that we thought the trouble catarrhal influenza 
and treated symptoms. Next day we were again called, being 
