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obturator foramen was so completely closed by the bony deposit that 
it did not allow the introduction of two fingers; the muscles were 
pale and atrophied, and the obturator nerve was surrounded by 
a thick mass of infiltrated plastic material. 
EDITORIAL. 
PLEURO-PNEUMONIA. 
The veterinary profession probably, no less than the agricul¬ 
turists of America, have been anxiously watching the different 
reports which at times have appeared concerning this disease, the 
extent of its existence amongst the cattle of the various States 
infected, and the results obtained from the measures taken to pre¬ 
vent its spread or to complete its eradication. New York, New 
Jersey and Pennsylvania have for nearly a year been engaged in 
carrying out the work by their different Cattle Commissions, and it 
is to be hoped that the good already done will not be stopped 
through neglect or oversight on the part of the representatives 
of the people in the respective Legislatures of those States. 
Just how much has been accomplished by these Commissions 
is not to be determined from the meagre, and usually un¬ 
official, reports which we have occasionally been able to procure. 
Neither does there seem to be any disposition upon the part 
of the veterinarians engaged on the various staffs to enlighten 
the profession either as to the measures enforced or the suc¬ 
cess which has attended these protracted efforts. 
In New York we know from personal observation that much 
has already been effected, although we are far from being rid of 
the disease, for but a few days ago an outbreak occurred at 
Yonkers, a suburb of this city, and Long Island is almost as pro¬ 
lific in its production as she ever has been in the past, while even 
New York city, we understand, still harbors some infected 
stables. 
The lack of funds to prosecute the work here is, of course, in 
no wise the fault of the Commission, and it is unfortunate that 
