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and far between” — have honoured us this month with interest- 
ing contributions. Mr. Alfred Cherry’s case of “ Collapse” 
is one of strange and peculiar interest. The charger of an 
officer of his regiment (the 7th, or P. R.’s Dragoon Guards) 
ran away with his groom, and came in dreadful collision with 
a stone wall, “ breasting it,” and knocking down a fearful 
extent of it, whose weight of solid stone-masonry was esti- 
mated at some tons! The shock was awful — the danger both 
to man and horse imminent. The consequences to the horse 
were concussion of the most alarming character to the entire 
system, the nerves manifesting it everywhere, particularly 
the spinal : the spine itself appearing to have suffered mecha- 
nical injury, as evinced by the difficulty of progression imme- 
diately following the accident, as well as from the peculiarity 
of his posture in standing , “ his back being arched to a pain- 
ful degree.” The horse died, after surviving longer than 
might have been expected from experiencing such a tre- 
mendous shock. 
Mr. Owles’ investigations into the origin and nature of 
iS roaring” seem likely to lead to some happy result. He has 
commenced at the right end. Next to the observation of 
symptoms and apparent causes of disease during life, nothing 
is of more importance than to trace the post-mortem changes, 
and connect and compare them, as closely as possible, with 
the normal structure and aspect of the same parts after death, 
in order to make such, consecutively, the groundwork of 
subsequent physiological deduction. In this way alone can 
we hope to arrive at a knowledge of that which makes the 
foundation of pathology sound and firm; and Mr. Owles 
seems to have embarked on a -water which is likely to lead 
his vessel into some fresh region of discovery in regard to 
the physiology of roaring. 
