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the severe remarks of Professor Glrarcl and M. Gauze on It, I 

 think the work much more valuable than that of the latter 

 author, although his large quarto contains more than a hundred 

 plates ; and of equal value to M. Girard's work, not excepting 

 his " Traite du Pied." About this time appeared a book by- 

 Downing, and another by Topham, on the Diseases of Cattle. 

 Clatcr's "Every Man his own Farrier" had been published some 

 years before; and about this period appeared his volume "on the 

 Diseases of Cattle." A quarto book on Cattle Medicine was 

 published soon after by Mr. Skerrett, which contained some 

 good representations of the calf in utero, and some useful ob- 

 servations on the subject. But one of the best books that have 

 ever appeared on cattle medicine was by Mr. John Lawrence. 

 The great merit of this work consists in pointing out the pro- 

 priety of attending to preventive measures, and the absurdity 

 of incurring the useless expense of inert or poisonous drenches, 

 and of attempting to cure incurable diseases. In 1803, a quarto 

 volume, by Mi\ Fei'on, appeared, which contained nothing 

 valuable. It has since appeared in an improved state in one 

 large octavo volume. About the year 1804, jSIr. Eiding, of the 

 28th Dragoons, now of the Royals, published his " Veterinary 

 Pathology;" and Mr. Denny, of the 10th Dragoons, his "Trea- 

 tise on the Diseases of Horses ;" both small octavos, and of con- 

 siderable merit. In 1805, a large quarto dictionary appeared, 

 by Thomas Boardman of the 3d Dragoons. This book con- 

 tained some good plates reduced from Stubbs, and is altogether 

 a valuable compilation. In 1809, Mr. Bracy Clark published 

 his " Dissertation on the Foot of the Horse." This is the best 

 work on the subject that has appeared in any language. He 

 has since published another work, named " Stereoplea," of great 

 merit ; and a Treatise on Colts ; also, an Essay on the Flatulent 

 Colic, showing that it depends on indigestion. About two years 

 ago, Mr. Goodwin, veterinary surgeon to the king, published an 

 octavo volume on Shoeing, and the various methods practised 

 by foreign nations. He recommends an improvement on the 

 French mode of shoeing, Avhich, he says, has been found ex- 

 tremely useful. As the book will, no doubt, be generally read, 

 no further description is necessary. 



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