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CORRESPONDENCE. 
ever the articular surfaces of the patella and the femur aie not 
in juxtaposition, it is dislocation, Dr. Liautard claiming that the 
condition, as it ordinarily gives rise to no inflammation, destruc¬ 
tion of parts, or lameness, consequently should not be considered 
a dislocation. Dr. Bunker cited a case in illustration of the 
theory of the essay. 
A vote of thanks was tendered the essayist, after which the 
Society adjourned. 
II. T. Foote, M.D., V.S., Secretary. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
EPIZOOTIC CELLULITIS. 
Fokt Leavenworth, Kans. > 
March 10th, 1882. ) 
Editor of the American Veterinary Review : 
Dr. Myers, in an answer to my criticism of his article on 
Epizootic Cellulitis, assumes, as it seems to me, a most remark¬ 
able position regarding this condition. He acknowledges that 
the recent epizooty among horses was influenza, yet insists that 
it is proper to term the outbreak an epizooty of cellulitis! 
Was it the cellulitis or the influenza that was epizooty % 
According to my experience with the complaint at Leaven¬ 
worth, Kansas City, Fort Hays, Kansas, and Fort Reno, Indian 
Territory, the initial disease in every instance was influenza, 
the cellulitis being nothing more than a symptom, or at most a 
sequel. 
To call these accidental cases epizootic cellulitis is a 
misnomer most unwarranted. As well might w T e so name the 
oedema and occasional cellulitis of diseases of the livei, lieai t and 
kidneys. 
Would Dr. M. use the terms epizootic hepatitis, enteritis, pneu¬ 
monia, etc., for these outbreaks of influenza in which one or the 
other of these complications prevailed more often than the 
others ? 
It would be as reasonable, for even marked oedema was not 
