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EDITORIAL. 
muscles of the animal. They gave me carte blanche, and so I 
proceeded to prepare for the operation at once. 
I put the mule in a strong stock used by a blacksmith in the 
neighborhood to shoe dangerous and vicious horses; a strong 
collar was applied to her neck and tied with strong ropes to the 
four posts of the wooden frame; two long ropes were pro¬ 
perly attached to the head and held by six men, while I and an¬ 
other man stood ready on the right side to push with our fists on 
that hard substance. A good, strong pull together on the head 
of the mule, a few good hits with our fists on the neck, and lo ! 
several cracks were heard and the neck was straight; half a min¬ 
ute was the time required to do it. 
The head was then tied up for three days so as to keep the 
vertebrae from slipping out again, and the fourth day the mule 
was put to work and has worked well ever since. 
Conclusion .—Luxation without fracture of the neck for eight 
days; reduction of the same without causing paralysis or death. 
EDITORIAL. 
FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. 
In the September number of 1883, of the Review, the United 
States Treasury Cattle Commission stated that “ there was 
strong evidence of the non-existence ” of foot and mouth disease 
in the country. The statement was made in the report of in¬ 
quiry elicited by the Treasury Department in connection with new 
restrictions which were established in England against American 
importation. But six months have elapsed and the report of an 
extensive outbreak of that disease soon spread not only in Maine, 
at Portland, but was also later on reported as existing in a most 
virulent form in Kansas, if we are to believe the reports which we 
publish to-day from Veterinary Inspector Dr. A. A. Holcombe. 
As often the case, in such instances, a general panic followed, 
and extracts of newspapers soon gave notice of its appearance in 
other states—Illinois, Missouri, Iowa; fortunately, however, 
these were not substantiated and cannot be depended upon, as 
