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Review. 
Quid sit pulclirura, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non. — H or. 
The Modern Horse-Doctor , Sfc. with illustrations . By George 
H. Dadd, M.D., Veterinary Surgeon, author of ‘The 
Anatomy and Physiology of the Horse/ and 6 The Re- 
formed Cattle Doctor.’ Eleventh thousand, Boston, U.S., 
&c., 1856, pp. 432. 
Were a M.D. in this country to lay aside his gold-headed 
cane, take his pen and write a treatise on horse-doctoring, 
we should expect something more than common-place matter 
from him. And yet he would be onty returning to what was 
the custom of the ancient physicians, who, as Vegetius tells 
us, were in the habit of prescribing compounds for the horse 
too expensive to be generally employed. 
The state of modern society has wisely brought about a 
division of medical science generally ; but it would seem as 
yet not to be the case with our cousins in America. 
In the infant days of the veterinary profession in England, 
practitioners of human medicine were among its earlier 
authors, and their works present us with much that is good, 
as well as much that is bad, because erroneous. Still there 
can be no doubt that their labours have tended considerably 
to render our profession more estimated than otherwise it 
would have been, and enabled it to rise to the position it 
now holds. We remember in our boy-days that it was not 
uncommon for the country surgeon to be asked, when 
attending some inmate of the farm-house, what should be 
done for a horse, or cow, or pig that might be ill ; and 
one whom we knew very well felt his dignity not a little 
offended on being once solicited to prescribe for the last- 
named animal, and, in reply, he pettishly said, (C Oh ! 
give the old sow a clyster.” The careful nurse did as she was 
bid, and, on the “ doctor’s” coming again, took care to tell 
him that the remedy had proved most efficacious, and further 
