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morve (glanders) et les moyens d' j remedier " ; in 1750 he gave to 

 the Academy a brochure upon lycoperdon as a haemostatic, anti- 

 bleeding medicine ; and in ITSi published a work on horseshoeing. 

 Other writings upon horseshoeing and ^^ractice followed, several of 

 which, as also the above, were honored with translations into other 

 languages." 



" Pliil. Etienne Lafosse, the son, was born at Montaterre, near 

 Paris, and it is said died at Yilleneuve, upon the Yonne, June, 1820. 

 He was the eldest son of the former Lafosse, and at thirteen years 

 of age decided to follow the calling which had been so honorably 

 followed by his father and grandfather." (It should be mentioned 

 here that this family has been one of the most noted among those 

 which have given worthy veterinarians to France, and that it is not 

 without honorable representatives at the present day.) "At the 

 conclusion of his school-days, his father required him to serve for a 

 time in his stables, where he acquired proficiency in the handling 

 and care of horses ; he then went into the forge for two years, and 

 at the same time devoted himself to the study of human anatomy. 

 He also received instruction in fencing, drawing, and music. Then 

 followed practical experience, gained by accompanying his father 

 upon professional visits, at the same time continuing the study of 

 equine anatomy. By visiting knacker establishments, and making 

 autopsies, he constantly enriched his collection of specimens. At 

 eighteen years of age he received an appointment to lecture upon 

 equine anatomy to the members of the light cavalry stationed at 

 Yersailles. He also did the same at the house of his father for the 

 students in the forge. In 1758 we find him stationed as army- 

 veterinarian, and accompanying the army in two campaigns into 

 Germany during the Seven Years' War. On his return he studied 

 medicine at Paris. In 1767 he built an amphitheatre, and gave 

 therein free lectures and demonstrations upon equine anatomy ; 

 these lectures enjoyed great and deserved notoriety, but in 1770 he 

 gave them up in order to bring to completion his great work, " Cours 

 d'Hippiatrique " ; the same cost Lafosse seventy thousand livres, and 

 gave him an immortal reputation, especially in foreign countries. 

 He did not, however, enjoy the same good fortune among his own 

 people, for, not only in this work, but also in his " Dictionnaire 

 d'Hippiatrique," 17Y5, he displayed a most active opposition to the 

 schools at Lyons and Alfort, or rather, against their founder, Bour- 

 gelat. He nourished a great ambition to become a teacher, or even 

 director, at one of these schools, but his severe polemics seem to 

 have completely shut him off from the desired end. Bourgelat was 



