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the American government to acknowledge that the notices 
veterinarians in this land in general, and the little Review in par¬ 
ticular, had so repeatedly given were correct, and that these con¬ 
tagions affections did exist in different States ; but we could not re¬ 
frain from mentioning the extracts already referred to, not for 
our personal satisfaction, hut to correct the wrong impression 
which said extracts must have carried, and as we were told did 
carry, to others less posted with our constant endeavors to elevate 
the veterinary profession in the United States. 
PLEURO-PNEUMONIA IN PENNSYLVANIA. 
Amongst the good news from Pennsylvania, the following is 
received through our exchanges : 
“ Dr. Gadsden, V. S,, has given the information that the proper 
authorities are at work stamping out contagious pleuro-pneumonia 
in Pennsylvania, and are paying the farmers for the stock killed. 
Any farmers believing that the disease exists on their farms, and 
desiring to get rid of it, should address the Board of Agriculture 
at Harrisburg, Ac., Ac.” 
We are not informed of the veterinary authorities who will 
belong to the pleuro-pneumonia commission, but certainly our 
most esteemed friend and colleague, Dr. Gadsden, might till a po¬ 
sition there to which he is justly entitled.. 
REPORTS OF CASES. 
A CASE OF DYSTOCIA. 
By F. S. Billings, V. M. 
On the 28th of June, earl} 7 in the morning, we were suddenly 
called to visit a mare, in the difficulties of labor. The mare was 
an old f vorite with its owner, who was holding her for the sole 
purpose of keeping her memory green by means of her offspring. 
The pains began in this mare at about seven o’clock of the 
previous evening. The watchman, who, by the wav. knew 
