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EDITORIAL. 
service not only to the army but to the whole country, that de¬ 
partment must be reorganized and the veterinary surgeon receive 
a proper recognition. 
The first step in the right direction is to make the veterina¬ 
rian a COMMISSIONED OFFICER. 
FRACTURE OF ALL THE SESAMOID BONES. 
It is not uncommon to meet a case where from apparently no 
cause at one, and sometimes at two legs, fracture of the sesamoid 
bones occurs, the fetlock dropping down by giving way of the 
superior sesamoid ligament, carrying with it fragments of the 
fractured bone. 
An unusual case is published in the October number of the 
Veterinary Journal, where this lesion has taken place in the four 
legs. The history of the case is the same as the one obtained in 
similar injury, the symptoms showing themselves suddenly, with¬ 
out overwork, and the lesions being those always met in similar 
cases. 
A full description^will be found in this number of the Re¬ 
view. 
HOG CHOLERA IN NEW JERSEY. 
From information received through one of our correspond¬ 
ents, Dr. J. Hopkins, this disease has found its way to the east 
from Ohio. In the first part of October Dr. H. was requested 
to examine into the cause of sickness and death among the swine 
on a farm in Monmouth Co. The Doctor found four dead and 
three sick, the autopsies confirming the diagnosis made. The 
owner of this herd had recently bought a number of pigs in New 
Y ork city, but coming from Ohio. About a week after their 
arrival they began to sieken and die. Eleven of those from Ohio 
had died, and the last one was moribund at the time of the visit. 
The home herd was beginning to show the results of bad com¬ 
pany, two being diseased. 
Another party who had bought ten head from the same dealer, 
had already lost three and had more on the sick list. 
