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summer vacations, he has bestowed some time upon this branch 
of his studies, and learned, at some country smith’s, sufficient to 
enable him to take off a shoe, and carefully replace it upon the 
foot. But his certificate is still of no avail, as it comes from a 
man who is not a member of the College. He is puzzled to 
know in what way to act, and begins to retrace his steps to 
Camden Town. On his way he meets with a fellow-student, 
to whom he at once opens his grief. His companion, who, to 
use a common expression, is “ up to the dodge,” immediately 
consoles him, takes him to his rooms, coolly sits down and 
writes out a certificate, forging the name of some veterinary 
surgeon. This certificate is next day presented and accepted, 
and the young man goes up for his examination*. “ Can this 
be true V' Yes ; it is too true : it is practised yearly ; it will 
be practised this year ; and it must be practised so long as cer- 
tificates of shoeing are demanded, or the student is not afforded 
a means of obtaining them genuine. 
And at a time when this branch of the profession is advancing 
with such rapid strides in the sister country, shall it be said that 
this important subject is neglected at the English College 1 I 
trust not. As a well-wisher to the profession, and also to the 
student, sincerely do I hope that, ere long, some measure will 
be proposed whereby this serious difficulty will be overcome. 
I am, Sir, your’s truly. 
THE ADVANCED AGE AT WHICH STRANGLES MAY 
APPEAR. 
To the Editor of u The Veterinarian ." 
Sir, — I n answer to an application to Correspondents on the 
wrapper of this month’s VETERINARIAN, I beg to observe, that 
I had a case of genuine strangles in July 1847, in a chestnut 
gelding, aged sixteen , under the advantage of the horse having 
been in his owner’s possession for about twelve years previous, 
and of never having been known to have had the strangles be- 
fore. He was unwell for two or three days, when my attendance 
was requested to him. He exhibited the usual symptoms of 
strangle fever, with sore throat, and an enlargement of the sub- 
maxillary, sublingual, and parotid glands, which enlargements 
continued down the whole extent of the inferior part of the neck, 
and ultimately pointed at about six inches anterior to the point 
of the shoulder. 1 opened the abscess, and afterwards treated 
it in the usual manner. The case ultimately did well ; but the 
* For which abominable imposition, the candidate subjects himself to “ sus- 
pension” and “ disqualification.” — E d. Vet. 
