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EDITORIALS. 
AMPUTATIONS IN ANIMALS. 
Amputations of extremities, which occupy such a large place in 
human suigeiy, aie far from having the same importance in the 
therapeutic of animals. In man many diseased conditions may 
render this opeiation, one of necessity, such as diseases of hones, 
community e fiactuies, complications, dislocations, articular diseases, 
gangrene, aneuiism, Ac. It is also very essential in removing 
some malformations or may be useful in preventing the absorption of 
virulent principles as in cases of bites from rabid or venimous animals. 
These circumstances of course may also exist in animals, but the fact 
of their inability to perform work after recovery, and the ever constant 
question of expenses Ac., have always been of a greater weight in the 
scale against the practicability of the operation, and for these reasons 
is it, only on few occasions and in animals of great value that 
practitioners can decide owners to run the risks of a doubtful result. 
Still it can be recommended in cases where a valuable animal can be 
kept for breeding purposes, when a pregnant female is to be preserved 
till hei time of deliveiy, in case of a superior milking cow or even of 
beast intended to be fatten for the butcher. Though these peculiar 
conditions must have been met in general practice, the number of 
successful amputations placed on record in veterinary literature is 
veiy limited. Anothei case can be added to the list, which we extract 
from the “Veterinary Journal,” and which will be found in full in this 
number of the Review. 
OSTEO-POROSIS. 
Some time ago Mr. J. Myers, Sr., of Cincinnati, Ohio, sent us 
at oui lequest a tianslation of a long article on that subject, which 
he had written in German and which was published in Hering’s 
Repertorium. Through the kindness of Mr. M. who has consent¬ 
ed to it, we are able to present our readers with a translation of 
the original communication. As it is a disease which prevails to some 
extent in some parts of our continent, and as in many instances it assumes 
a very insiduous form, the contents of the article will prove interesting, 
especially coming from one who has had much experience with the 
disease and its treatment. 
