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Fosse, jiiinor, wlio occupied tlie same situation his father 

 had held (that of Fan-ier to the lesser stables of the 

 King) presented his guide du Marechal, a work well 

 known in Europe. After the death of Bourgelet and 

 La Fosse, we hear of no character of any eminence for 

 some years. Blunderille appears to have been one of 

 the first Veterinary writers in England — he lived in the 

 reign of Elizabeth. His work appears chiefly a compila- 

 tion from ancient authors, of which he translated several 

 into English. His ideas were fettered with his attach- 

 ment to the manege^ and consequently introduced the 

 errors and absurdities with which that system was then 

 prevalent. 



Kearly about this time, also, lived the celebrated 

 Gervasi ATarkham, whose treatise on Farriery, though 

 strictly eccentric, and grossly absurd, went through 

 numerous editions, and became the guide and way-post 

 of almost every practitioner. Solly sel's celebrated work 

 was translated from the French, which had, in some 

 measure, an influence in refuting the general errors at 

 that time prevalent, for at this time it was very customary 

 in some diseases to tie or bar the veins ; the foundered 

 legs were tied, that the inflammation might not proceed 

 upwards. A cough raised the supposition that the horse 

 had swallowed feathers. A stumbling horse had his 

 nose split. It is therefore evident that Sir "William 

 Hope's translation of Sollysel. must have contributed 

 greatly among the intelligent to place these errors in a 

 proper point of view. Mr. Gibson was also a very good 

 Farrier. Doctor Bracken, who was a physician of great 

 abilities and extensive knowledge in his j)rofession, a 

 man of considerable erudition, a sportsman, and a wit of 

 peculiar cast, his works have been as much admired and 

 read for the peculiar style in which they are written. 

 Bartlet was likewise a physician, who formed himself on 

 the model of Gibson and Bracken, collecting all their 

 excellencies, and giving the sum of their treatment in a 

 much more compenduous form, and wholly practical. 



