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have made acquaintance with so much talent, combined with so 
happy a gift of imparting knowledge in its plainest and most 
pleasing forms. Coleman’s work on “ Suspended Animation” 
gave happy omens of his talented mind while he yet continued 
in the profession (medical) in which he was reared ; and consi- 
dering how scanty his veterinary knowledge must have been at 
the time he accepted the professorship, jointly with Moorcroft — 
likewise a great authority on foot matters — he made in a short 
period such surprising progress in the acquisition of veterinary 
science that he soon became a match for any old or “ born” vete- 
rinarian that might present himself. The reforms he brought 
about in the veterinary department of the army, and in the con- 
struction of cavalry stables, are enough of themselves to place 
the name of Coleman on an eminence of distinction. After 
reading this we feel quite certain M. Bouley will do Coleman 
posthumous justice. Indeed, the following passage from the 
concluding part of his letter assures us that he will— would, in 
fact, before have done so, had he been but apprised of the profes- 
sional worth of his subject ; — one who, before he died, was made 
a j Fellow of the Royal Society. 
“If I had had the happiness of being acquainted with what your 
last article (the “ review”) has taught me, that Coleman stood 
among your countrymen in the high position in which you have 
placed him (things we know nothing about in France, such 
strangers have our countries so long remained to each other 
touching veterinar}' matters), I should have considered it incum- 
bent upon me to express in my preface my regrets at not being 
prepared to speak, of my own acquired knowledge, of so eminent 
a man. But we here (in France) know nothing about Coleman ; 
or, at least, my countrymen attach little else to the name save an 
invention, which has not appeared to us as being of the most 
happy description, of a famous shoe, a frog-squeezer (compres- 
seur de la fourchette.)” 
It is not difficult to divine whence this petit morceau of inform- 
ation was derived. But let us pass on to the conclusion of M. 
Bouley’s letter. 
“ Believe me, my dear Sir, it is fully my intention to repair, 
in the next issue of my work, an omission which I ought to re- 
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