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Henderson, jun., happened to be present at the time, and will 
vouch for the correctness of my observations. We saw the 
materiel applied, to the very letter of the printed instructions, 
to this horse, and likewise to the hock of another — a young 
one that was lame from the same cause, belonging to Mr. 
Wise. I watched them closely, every week or so, myself. 
The instructions, after the application, were fully adhered to : 
the inunctions of rum and goose grease . The chamber lie was not 
used. No apparent effect had taken place until three weeks or 
more had elapsed, when depilation of the hair was perceived in 
both animals, as if an ordinary blister had been applied. I 
saw both these horses about the end of January, 1853. I 
found them in the same state as they were on the 12th 
December, 1852. I enclose you a letter which I have re- 
ceived from Mr. Wise, 12th February, 1853, — who says: 
‘In answer to yours, respecting the British Remedy, I 
beg to say, that my opinion is that it is all Humbug. As far 
as I have seen it has done no good whatever to my horses.’ 
Another horse, belonging to Mr. John Renninson, was 
subjected to its influence for splint and ossific deposit around 
the coronet ; and the results were exactly similar to the fore- 
going cases. 
A client of Mr. R. Cook, V. S. of Erith, was induced to 
send a cob for treatment, having ossified cartilages, to Mr. 
Major’s infirmary. I saw him there when I paid a visit to 
the same : he was lame. 
Mr. Cook has furnished the results in a note to me, 
which I enclose to you for publication. 
Erith ; Feb. 15. 
Dear Sir, — 1 am glad to hear that the Editor of ‘The 
Veterinarian ’ is at last going to give us some remarks 
on “ Major’s Remedy” as I think it time this quackery was 
exposed. With regard to Mr. Evans’s cob, after six weeks 
sojourn at Shepherd St., May Fair, he was pronounced fit to 
depart, and was quietly ridden home, when the groom told 
me his lameness returned next morning. He was sent a few 
days after to our forge to have tips on his feet previous to 
being turned out to grass, — he was then as lame as ever ; 
which did not surprise me, as the “ wonderful Specific ’’ was 
applied to the wrong end of the limb. 
Yours faithfully, 
ROBERT COOK. 
Mr. Major complains in his pamphlet of uncourteous con- 
