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sufficient to have induced M. Bouley, to whose ears they cannot 
be strange or unheard-of, to have placed Coleman by the side 
of his own revered ci-devant professor, Girard, or even on the 
same level with Bracy Clark. 
In vindicating Coleman’s posthumous character as a pro- 
fessor, a teacher, and a writer on veterinary science, we are 
swayed by no personal or private feelings whatever; neither 
are we putting this forth with a view of shewing that his works 
were as meritorious as Bracy Clark, or some person for him, 
has represented his (Clark’s) to be. Whether what Coleman 
has written on the foot be original or translated matter is not 
now to our purpose; but, whatever it be, this we do and will 
affirm — that he has handled his matter with a philosophy and 
an ingenuity evinced by no writer before him, and with it has 
constructed theories which for beauty, strength, and consistency, 
will vie with any on record in the annals of veterinary physio- 
logical science. That his theories were all doomed to stand the 
searching test of time was not likely ; but that some of them 
have stood unshaken, down even to the moment we are writing, 
and still appear likely to stand, is a fact too notorious to need 
demonstration. We, therefore, cannot but repeat our surprise, 
and we may add, our sorrow, that in a work such as the pre- 
sent, professing to comprise “ toutes les connoissances acquises 
aujourd’hui a notre science sur cette importante matiere,” the 
name of Coleman has been, it would seem, purposely omitted. 
We do hope that M. Bouley will bethink himself of the omis- 
sion, and yet find space and opportunity to repair the breach 
by at least granting our late Professor an “ honourable mention.” 
The plan of the work is as follows : — • 
The First Part is devoted to the Anatomy of the Foot; the 
Second to the Functions of its several component structures; 
which two parts together constitute the present livraison or sec- 
tion of the work. The Second section will comprise Pathological 
Anatomy and Physiology, the Etiology of the diseases of 
the foot, their prognosis and their treatment, generally consi- 
dered. The Third will exhibit special descriptions of the 
Diseases, and in this M. Bouley will lay down general principles 
for directing the shoeing of the horse under both physiological 
and pathological conditions. 
