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muscles surrounding the jaw bone, and perhaps of the hone itself, 
and that I thought it was the result of an external injury, or 
might be produced by carious teeth. I was satisfied that the re¬ 
moval of the healthy tooth had very much hastened the present 
condition, and that my own operation had probably assisted some¬ 
what. I then resolved to go and see the owner, and tell him as 
correctly as I possibly could the condition of his horse. For this 
purpose I visited New York, having first telegraphed Mr. Parks 
that I was coming and wanted to see him in person. I called at 
his office, introduced myself, and was very kindly received by 
Mr. P., who immediately asked me, “ Doctor, what is the matter 
with my horse ? ” I replied by saying that I was fearful it was 
“ osteo sarcoma ,” a disease which I had frequently seen in cattle, 
btit, had never to my recollection seen a case in the horse, and I 
would rather he would send some veterinary surgeon who had 
had some experience in this disease to see the case. He replied 
that he had consulted Dr. A. Liautard, of New York, who was 
coming to see the case, and if it was anything that was incurable 
he wished to have the animal destroyed as humanely as possible, 
and his body buried, as he wanted no old hacker to have his bones. 
I then obtained permission to remove the animal to my infirmary 
in Camden, which was done on the 5th of June. On the 6th, 
Dr. Liautard, of New York, was sent by Mr. Parks, the owner, 
to see the animal, and after making an examination, pronounced 
the disease to be “ osteo sarcoma , or degeneration of the bones of 
the jaw,” and said he would advise the destruction of the animal 
when he saw the owner. 
On the morning of the 7th I left home for a ten days’ visit 
to the Eastern States, having first given my assistant full instruc¬ 
tions as to care and treatment of Prospero while I was absent. 
I knew nothing of Mr. Parks’ decision in relation to the case 
until my arrival in Boston on my way home from Augusta, Me. 
on the morning of the 16th of June, when I received a letter 
from my assistant, from Camden, containing the following tele¬ 
grams : 
