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ficlently obvious both from condld reflection 

 knd fatal experience. To confirm more strong- 

 ly this remark, I am in possession of many 

 proofs within the circle of my own employers, 

 where horses have fallen a sacrifice, particidarly 

 in attempts to destroy worms, and yet we see 

 exhibited at the window of every druggist's 

 shop, a list of horse medicines prepared from 

 the most approved recipes ; nor does the evil 

 terminate here, since regularly educated veteri- 

 narians, bartering their better judgment for 

 temporary interest, carry on the traflfic in the 

 form of medicine chests, with pamphlets con- 

 taining directions for making use of their con- 

 tents. This is certainly a cheap mode of 

 conveying knowledge, and, if well founded, 

 must do away at once the necessity of a veteri- 

 nary college, and all its relative studies. 



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