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THE VETERINARIAN, MARCH 1, 1851. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. — Cicero. 
The letter of Mr. Page, an old veterinary officer in the 
service of the Hon. East India Company, at p. 128 of our 
present Number, is in reply to one on the subject of the 
“ Treatment of Bursautee,” by a Captain Apperley, of the 
same service, (a gentleman, a son of the late Mr. Apperley 
better known to us under the famed signature of c Nimrod/) 
An alleged remedy for bursautee cannot fail to have taken 
the Indian veterinary community by surprise ; at the same 
time that it was one which commanded more attention than 
it otherwise would, from the circumstance of its having ori- 
ginated with the son of the celebrated “ Nimrod.” And yet the 
author of it, be he who he may, had evidently placed himself 
in not only a conspicuous, but a hazardous position, in setting 
himself up to cure a disease, which, like glanders in our own 
country, had become not only the opprobrium of Indian 
veterinary surgeons, but had baffled the art for ages even of 
the natives themselves. So much, however, had this letter 
at its outset been thought of by the Indian military autho- 
rities, that it was not suffered to become public through any 
ordinary channel, but actually issued officially, in the form of 
a “ Circular” from the adjutant-general’s office, signed by the 
adjutant-general of the army, Lieut.-Col. Tucker, himself, 
with “directions from his excellency, the commander-in - 
chief, to have a copy of it communicated to all officers 
commanding mounted corps, and troops of horse artillery, 
for trial;” and “for the more general diffusion of so valuable 
a recipe” This letter of command bears date, July 7, 1851 ; 
while Mr. Page’s reply, coming close at the heels of it, is 
dated August 25, 1851. 
Captain Apperley, no doubt, as the son of “ Nimrod,” and 
on account of his known knowledge in horses, stood as a 
favorite with those in power, and perhaps this it was that 
enabled him to carry at once his letter through the adjutant- 
