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EDITORIAL. 
Having, on further consideration, thought proper to refer the 
matter to the President of the Board of Trustees of the Ameii- 
cau Veterinary College, these gentlemen, after consultation, have 
asked us to publish the following letter, addressed to the editors 
of that journal: 
To the Editors of the Journal of Comparative Medicine: 
Gentlemen —The communication in the last issue of your journal relative 
to the Columbia Veterinary College, has been brought to my notice. 
In reply, I would say that, from papers presented to me at the time of the 
transfer to the American Veterinary College of all the privileges and charter of 
the Columbia, including resignations, resolutions, &c., there is no doubt as to the 
final extinguishment of that institution, and that an attempt to re-establish the in¬ 
stitution or to reinvest it with corporate powers, on the part of those who have 
pretended so to do, will, if persisted in, pave the way to serious complications, 
and result in discomfiture to any one attempting to continue in such a course. I 
shall be pleased to show you the proofs of the above statement, and hope to 
satisfy you of the veracity and propriety of our action in the matter. 
Respectfully yours, 
Samuel Marsh, 
President of the Board of Trustees, American Veterinary College. 
REPORTS OF CASES. 
LACERATION OF THE LONG WASTUS MUSCLE—FRACTURE OF THE 
TIBIA. 
By W. H. Pendry, D.V.S. 
I was called some distance out of the city to see a bay 
gelding, eight years old, about fifteen hands high, said 
to have a dislocation of the patella. On my arrival at the 
stable I found the animal in a loose box, and at once saw that 
my information as to the trouble was incorrect. At first sight, I 
at once came to the conclusion that I. had a fracture in the upper 
portion of the near hind leg to deal with, and so examined for 
that trouble; I tried to get the horse to move, but he refused to 
go a step unless actually forced, and a few minutes’ examination 
soon convinced me that I had no ordinary case of lameness. 
There was apparently little or no swelling, hardly any increased 
heat, but the slightest pressure about the middle of the femur 
gave great pain. 1 proceeded to get the history of the case, 
