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MAJOR’S “BRITISH REMEDY.” 
Broad Street, Bath ; March 14, 1853. 
Sir, — As soon as the advertisement appeared in Bell’s 
Life , respecting “ Major’s British Remedy,” Mr. E. Weller, 
of Circus Mews, Bath, wrote to Mr. Major respecting a 
horse with spavin, which he had recently purchased, Mr. 
Major assured him that if he purchased one of his £l 1 5s. 
bottles of “British Remedy,” it would cure the spavin in the 
course of three or four weeks. The bottle was said to con- 
tain sufficient to cure from four to six spavins. Mr. Weller 
knowing of another horse, four years old, lame from ring- 
bone on the off fore leg, belonging to Mr. Stone, of Kings- 
mead Street, Bath, he applied the remedy to both cases at 
the same time. The instructions after the application were 
fully adhered to for about eight weeks, at the expiration of 
that time, the whole of the bottle of “ British Remedy” had 
been used without either of the animals being in the least 
degree benefited, but the horse with spavin is permanently 
blemished. 
He is a very fine hunter, and having been seen in the 
early part of the treatment by a gentleman of Bath, who 
thought he should like to purchase the animal, if there was 
a probability of his being cured, he took a trip to tow T n, had 
an interview with Mr. Major, who assured him that he never 
had an unsuccessful case ; consequently, he purchased the 
animal, and allowed the treatment to be continued until the 
expiration of the time as stated above ; and still having con- 
fidence, from the astounding “paragraphs” put forth by 
Bell’s Life , he intended sending the animal to Mr. Major’s 
infirmary, but first took the precaution of writing to a friend. 
Sir J — ,an officer in the army, who had tried the “ Remedy” on 
a horse with ringbone. Sir J — ’s reply w^as, that the remedy 
had produced a deep slough, which w T ould permanently 
blemish and injure the horse, so much so that he intended 
sueing Mr. Major in the County Court for damages. He 
mentioned one other case of failure, belonging to another 
friend. After such reports as that, without hearing of one 
successful case among his acquaintances, he began to censure 
his old friend “ Belle” for having so misled him. 
I remain. Sir, 
Your obedient Servant, 
Thomas Dike Broad, M.R.C.V.S. 
