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A very large animal had very large side bones on the right 
fore foot, from which he had been lame and disabled for three 
months. The foot, when carefully examined, showed nothing to 
account for the lameness; and the animal was thrown down and 
the operation performed below the fetlock, on the posterior 
branch of the nerve only. But little benefit resulting, the high 
operation was performed some fourteen days afterwards, and the 
lameness removed. 
Towards the seventh day following, a sero-purulent oozing 
showed itself at the coronary band. This increased, and large 
swelling of the cannon took place. Several abscesses ulcerated, 
and the articular ligaments mortified and sloughed. In fact, the 
entire digital region was sloughing away. Still, the animal, 
which was then discharged, exhibited no evidences of pain, and 
walked without difficulty, his lameness seeming to be exclusively 
mechanical .—Recueil de Medecine Veterinaire. 
BILL FOR STAMPING OUT PLEURO-PNEUMONIA, ETC. 
The committee appointed at the convention in Chicago, last 
November, met at Washington, January 10th. After some dis¬ 
cussion, the following bill was agreed upon and placed in the 
hands of the House Committee on Agriculture : 
A Bill for the establishment of a bureau of animal industry for 
the suppression and extirpation of pleuro-pneumonia and 
other contagious diseases in domestic animals. 
Section 1. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall organize 
in this department a bureau of animal industry, and appoint as 
chief a competent veterinary surgeon, whose duty it shall be to 
investigate and report the number, value and condition of domes¬ 
tic animals of the United States, their protection and use ; also 
to inquire into and report the causes of contagious, communicable 
diseases among them, and the means of prevention and cure of 
the same, and collect such information on these subjects as shall 
be valuable to the agricultural and commercial interests of the 
country. The salary of the chief of the bureau shall be the 
