EDITORIAL OBSERVATIONS. 
703 
One word in explanation ; for I am anxious that my object 
in writing this letter should not be mistaken. It has been sim- 
ply to disabuse the public mind of some of the many fallacies 
which it holds in connexion with the subject of canine madness. 
It is no presumption, I think, in one whose profession peculiarly 
qualifies him in such a matter to attempt the task. And more ; 
feeling, as I do, warmly and earnestly on the subject, I cannot 
conclude without tendering my thanks to Mr. Keate for his able 
advocacy of a cause which I believe to be alike that of public 
safety and humanity. 
I am, &c., 
W. Litt, Y.S. 
Claremont-street, June 10th, 1851.. 
*** Sent to us by Mr. Cartwright, Y.S., Whitchurch. 
THE VETERINARIAN, DECEMBER 1, 1851. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. — C icero. 
In our impression for this month will be found a letter 
addressed to us by M. Bouley, the Professor of Surgery and 
Clinique at the Alfort Veterinary School, and author of the 
work at the present time under our notice, on the Foot of the 
Horse, on the subject whereon we took occasion to remark in 
our last “Review,” viz. the omission or exclusion of Coleman’s 
name from the Preface to his said work, wherein he has recorded 
those of Bourgelat, Girard, and Perrier of his own country, and 
Bracy Clark of ours. 
M. Bouley does not pretend to deny that we have a right to 
express surprise at what appeared to us to amount to either an 
unpardonable omission or an undeserved exclusion, while he 
alleges certain reasons in explanation, to which it becomes 
us, injustice to him, to give every publicity in our power; to 
which end we purpose here translating such passages of his 
letter into English as bear immediately on the points in ques- 
tion ; a procedure that will serve to render the affair intelligible 
