VARIETIES AND NEWS—SPECIMENS. 
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CASTRATION OF CRIPTORCHIDS. 
During 1876, Mr. Degive, a Veterinarian of Belgium, has castrated 
7 criptorchid horses, three affected with inguinal, and four with abdom¬ 
inal criptorchidy. He only lost one of these last. 
The old Queen of the trotting turf. Flora Temple, now thirty- 
two years old, is reported to be failing rapidly. 
CANINE STATISTICS IN NEW YORK. 
Nearly 4,500 dogs have been captured since the re-enforcement of 
the laws on dogs, and about 11,631 have been licensed at the City Hall; 
making a total of over 16,131 dogs in the city of New York alone. 
SPECIMENS. 
SENT FOR THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
75. Fractured Os Suffraginis.A. A. Holcombe, D. V. S. 
76. Fibrous Tumor from the Superior Cervical 
Region of a Cow.F. B. Fermler, D. V. S. 
77. Bar Shoe for Treatment of Quarter Cracks and 
Corns.W. Cutting, V. S. 
78. Hair Calculus taken from a six weeks old Calf, 
weighing .W. Rose, V. S. 
79. Champignon of Left Spermatic Cord.W. J. Coates, D. V. S. 
80. Urinary Apparatus of a Dog ; showing Chronic 
Cystitis and Diseased Prostate.C. P. Lyman, D.S.E. 
81. Urinary Vesical Calculi of the Same. “ 
