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THE CATTLE MURRAIN OF INDIA. 
Practice without theory is simply routine without improve- 
ment, and theory alone is often impotent to confer ad- 
vantages without the crucial test of experience. 
In these observations, therefore, the requirements of the 
farrier's art are those which have been most persistently kept 
in view when discussing the wonderful organization of the 
horse's foot, and the scientific maxims which ought to govern 
it are only introduced to elucidate what is meatot by a 
rational practice of that art. It is impossible for even the 
casual amateur not to be interested in the conformation and 
preservation of an organ so exquisitely adapted to the mani- 
fold purposes to which the horse is applied by us; and 
though these matters have for many years engaged the 
attention of several eminent men, who have treated them in 
an earnest and philosophical spirit, yet recent research and 
experience have yielded results which have not yet been fully 
appreciated, if at all noticed. A description of these, in 
addition to what was before known — though I fear not gene- 
rally — will, it is to be hoped, tend to diffuse a more intimate 
knowledge of the structure, functions, and preservation of an 
organ on whose maintenance in health not only the utility, 
but the comfort of the noblest and most useful servant ever 
brought under the dominion of man chiefly depends. 
THE CATTLE MURRAIN OF INDIA. 
By E. Stanley, Y.S., 5th Lancers. 
Bengal; Sept. 28 th, 1869. 
Since the visitation of rinderpest to the British Isles in 
1865-6, the subject of Cattle Diseases has excited consider- 
ble attention on the part of the Indian Government, and as 
army veterinary surgeons are liable to be called upon to 
investigate and report on epizootic outbreaks, it is important 
we should be acquainted with their history. 
My principal object in writing this paper is to elicit the 
opinion of the profession as to whether the disease or 
diseases alluded to are identical with the rinderpest of 
Europe, or whether they are distinct varieties of the zymotic 
class. 
I may briefly state that I have availed myself, among 
other official papers, of the f Records of Cattle Diseases '* 
(which I recommend to inquirers), and especially Dr. K. 
* ‘ The Records of Cattle Diseases/ published by Indian Government. 
Calcutta, 1868. 
