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him one drachm of morphine, which he gave in solution at one 
dose to the mare. She was then turned loose in a small pad- 
dock where her grave was dug. All day she wandered around, 
appearing dull and stupid, eating nothing and drinking nothing. 
Next morning she was livelier than she had been for years before 
frisking about like a young horse and calling loudly for her oats. 
Mr. Hewitt, however, thought her coltishness liable to be too 
ephemeral and too expensive to be repeated, so he had her shot. 
Another case which may be of interest to your readers was 
that of a heifer belonging to Dan Gillespie of this place. The 
man in charge of her told me the cow had “ cast her wethers,” as 
the expression is here. I found the heifer, which was in calf 
eight months, with her vagina everted. I replaced the tumor, 
which was as large as a man’s head, and retained it in position 
with the bottle pessary described in Fleming’s Obstetries, and 
gave ten grains morphine to allay the straining. Had to replace 
it in two weeks on account of part of tackle slipping, and in four 
weeks more delivered a healthy calf with some difficulty, after 
which straining permanently disappeared. 
W. P. Robins, V.S. 
SANITARY LEGISLATION. 
Fort Walla Walla, W. T., Jan. 20, 1886. 
Editor American Veterinary Review : 
Dear Sir: A bill for an Act to suppress and prevent the 
spread of contagious and infectious diseases among domestic ani¬ 
mals has been introduced in the Legislative Assembly of Wash¬ 
ington Territory by Hon. J. Dewar, Member of the House of 
Representatives. Sanitary legislation is greatly needed in this 
Territory, as glanders prevails to an alarming extent and is 
spreading rapidly. 
Respectfully, 
E. R. Forbes, 
Veterinarian 2d Cavalry, U. S. A. 
