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remedies, in the difTereiit cases, as prescribed by 

 the Professor. 



Secondly. — 1 never heard of any man succeedini? 

 in {practice, as a Veterinary Surgeon, who did not 

 take Nature for his guide, as recommended by the 

 Veterinary College. 



Thirdly. — I know one Mr. Goodwin-, who may 

 consider himself hold and ingenious in departing 

 from the College practice, who did not succeed at 

 either Oxford or Newmarket ; and that his succes- 

 sor at the former place, who implicitly follows 

 the College practice, has (where Mr. Goodwin 

 failed) met with success fully equal to his wishes, 

 although tlie name of Goodwin w as, for some 

 time, a great obstacle to his advancement. 



Fourthly. — In regard to the diseases of the horses 

 in the army — lame, mangy, and glandered cattle 

 do not swarm in the army ; on the contrary, those 

 diseases are very rare, considering the great num- 

 ber of horses, andthe\vay in which they are ex- 

 posed to contagion. Whatever other causes ot 

 shame the Professor may have for his official con- 

 duct, it is clear that what he has published cannot 

 be received among them. 



That the Veterinary practice in the army has been 

 productive of benefit to tlie Public, the following 

 opinion of a Board of General Officers, who were 

 ordered to report on the subject, fully proves: 



" Tliat the loss of horses accruing to the ca- 

 " valry was heretofore very heavy, owing to the 

 '^ total ignorance of those who, previous to the 



