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this way the foot is in the most favorable condition for contrac¬ 
tion, but the circulation is rendered easier in the tissues under¬ 
neath, and the effects of the thinning of the hoof are diminished 
by the resistance opposed to the contraction by the inclined planes 
of the branches of the slipper. The same may be said of the 
shoe of de Belleville, also recommended by Sollcysel, and for 
whose applications the foot has to be carefully pared. We feel 
assured of the propriety of recommending the use of the inclined 
plane of the branches of the shoe, with the presence of a small 
clip on the inner borders of the heels, such as proposed by 
Watrin. 
{To be continued .) 
DISTOMA HEPATICUM INFESTING THE LUNGS OF CATTLE. 
By A. J. Murray, M.R.C.V.S., Detroit, Mich. 
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While acting as Inspector for the United States Cattle Com¬ 
mission, I examined a large number of lungs in the -Detroit 
slaughter-houses, and though I did not succeed in finding any 
lungs which showed the characteristic lesions of pleuro-pneumonia, 
