234 DISEASES OF THE HORSE. 



Where there was but one great teacher, there are now 

 many, and able. Among them is Wm. Youatt, who is 

 known wherever the English language is spoken. He is a 

 clear and indefatigable writer, and a great and constant 

 advocate of bleeding, and blistering, in nearly every disease. 

 Many publishers and others have tried to elevate his works 

 to the new idea of a rational and successful system ; yet, 

 withal, much inconvenience and loss, to the agriculturist, 

 has resulted from consulting his works, in cases of sickness 

 and disease. He was a bold and daring man. Many 

 times he allowed himself to be bitten by mad-dogs, and, 

 strange to say, never suffered from canine rabies. 



James Beart Simmonds, who is still living, is known in 

 this country by his report, to the British Parliament, on 

 the rinderpest. He is professor of cattle pathology to the 

 Royal Veterinary College, and a man of ability. 



Charles Spooner, principal of the college known to the 

 readers of the Royal Agricultural Society's Journal, is also 

 prominent. The Scotch are well represented by Professors 

 Dick, Dun, and Gamgee. Mr. Dick is the founder of the 

 present Edinburgh College, and veterinarian to the High- 

 land and Agricultural Society. Mr. Dun is sound, and 

 learned, and has carried off more prizes on veterinary 

 agricultural subjects, than any other man. The Irish 

 agricultural interests, are protected by Messrs. Ferguson, 

 and Farrel. Edward Mayhew is an invalid, and has 

 confined himself to book-making. He has shown the 

 world well, how a man may write books, when he knows 

 nothing of the subject he is writing about. In his works, 

 the book-making tact is seen to advantage, and they bear 

 many evidences of cleverness. 



France is well and creditably represented by Reynal 

 and Boulay; and Germany, by Herring. The United 



