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Contraction of the heels is often the result of other diseases 
of the hoof, and of other lameness. It is commonly associated 
with corns, navicular disease, punctured wounds of the plantar 
region, accompanied with long sensitiveness of the posterior parts 
of the foot; after diseases of the frog; thrushes; side bones ; 
phalangeal articular diseases ; in fact, after all affections of long 
standing, even if they have their seat in the upper segment of 
the frog. 
Finally, heredity has been named as one of the causes. This 
cannot be denied as to some breeds, principally of meridional 
climates, as a consequence of the organization of their feet, 
which are usually small. The proposition has, however, we be¬ 
lieve, been exaggerated. This is proved by the Arabian horse, 
which, though accused of the vicious conformation from heredity, 
has according to Vallon, Crompton, and others, the most ad¬ 
mirable conformation of his feet, when it has not been shod. It 
is broad, with good heels, neither too high nor too low, well open, 
well prominent wide frog, the external wall being strong and 
well developed. In horses of Caramania, Anatolia, Syria, and 
those of the Arabs, which are constantly in the desert, from 
Bagdad and Bassora to the Gulf of Persia, the foot is handsomely 
made, and free from contractions when it has been exempted 
from shoeing. 
(To be continued .) 
CASES FROM A NOTE-BOOK. 
By T. B. Rogers, D. V S. 
SUCCESSFUL CAESAREAN SECTION. 
In the early part of March, 1882, I was called to attend a 
cow, the property of Mr. Robert Noble, of Mount Ephraim, N. J. 
She had sustained severe spinal injury (afterwards found to be 
partial fracture of body of a lumbar vertebra) and was unable to 
stand. She was heavy with calf, although as the bull ran loose 
with the cows the owner did not know when she was due to 
“ come in,” and I refrained from destroying her, hoping to save 
