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of any animals but those of a carnivorous kind, including swine as 
such. Of all the numerous cases of canine madness he had seen 
in horses and other animals, he had not observed a single instance 
in which they were unable or unwilling to drink water freely. He 
had always found the disease commence (with a single exception) 
from the third to the sixth week after the bite had been inflicted. 
If, therefore, it should not manifest itself in the stock sent to him 
by that time, he would return the animals to their respective 
owners free of expense. In conclusion, the Professor submitted to 
the inspection of the Council a series of highly interesting coloured 
drawings, exhibiting the morbid results on the brain, nerves, and 
other anatomical structures of the animals which had died from the 
ravages of hydrophobia; and he trusted that his request might not 
be considered an irregular one, as he was anxious to effect an 
immediate communication w r ith the members, and to lose as little 
time as possible in obtaining objects for his intended research. 
THE VETERINARIAN, SEPTEMBER 1, 1844. 
Ne quid falsi dicore audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. — C icero. 
The trial concerning the age of a horse that ran at Ascot races 
in June last, under the name of Bloodstone, and came in first for 
the New Stakes, — an abstract of which, taken from the report of 
it in the daily papers, will be found transferred into our Number 
for the present month, — cannot be regarded either by the sporting 
or veterinary worlds in any less point of view than as saving the 
one from a farther downfal than it has already sustained, to which 
it appeared inevitably doomed had fraud and falsehood prevailed 
over truth and justice; the other from having its reputation for 
possessing any knowledge of age blasted, had cunning or igno- 
rance prevailed over science and experience. The 6th of August, 
1844, must, indeed, be chronicled in our annals as a day of triumph — 
ay ! indeed, should be celebrated as a day of signal triumph by 
every man interested in maintaining the integrity of the turf, the 
