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practitioner by charming admiring eyes, that he might be- 
come the hero of vulgar minds? We think not. And his 
hints on these points ought to be borne in mind by every 
student who had the privilege of listening to his excellent 
lectures. 
We hope our veterinary friends will not trouble themselves 
about scenic effect in going about a horse, but simply study 
to go about examining him or administering to him in a 
scientific systematic manner, doing it with firmness, caution, 
patience, and kindness ; if they do this they can hardly do 
wrong. And we sincerely hope our honorable friends will be 
more discreet, and forbear to stick out pegs for quacks to 
hang their conceits on. 
I could add it is a pitiful sight to see a professional stultify 
himself by trying to combine the thoroughness of the sur- 
geon with the adroitness of the harlequin, and, as a matter 
of course, failing in both. I have seen such, and I came to 
the conclusion, more in grief than in anger, that he was 
“ the more a fool the more a knave.” 
Pathological Contributions. 
CATTLE PLAGUE. 
According to the latest information which we have 
received from the East of Europe the cattle plague was on 
the increase in Poland, having broken out in several fresh 
districts during the past month. Precautionary measures w r ere 
still in full force on the frontier of Prussia. No fresh out- 
break is reported from Hungary, but cases continue to occur 
in Transylvania. The Pashalik of Erzeroom is said to be 
free from the plague, but the malady still lingered in 
Trebizond. 
PLEUROPNEUMONIA. 
The facilities which still exist for sending cattle out of 
diseased herds in Ireland into England and Scotland have 
largely contributed to an increase of the cases of pleuro- 
pneumonia during the past month. Thirty-eight counties 
are now infected, the total number of centres of the disease 
being 132. 
Many fresh cases have also occurred in the London dairies, 
both among cows which have been inoculated, as well as those 
which have not been subjected to this operation. 
