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say that such would not find many followers in this country, 
but rather that it was carrying us back to the days of old 
farriery — to the time of Gervase Markham, Blundeville, and 
others. Still we do not wish it to be thought that Dr. Dadd 
writes as one ignorant of his subject— far from it ; indeed, the 
quotations he has made from various authors afford proof to 
the contrary. The practice simply differs in the two coun- 
tries, and a few of the agents advocated by him we are not in 
the habit of using here. To some also we might raise objec- 
tions ; thus, as a “ lithontriptic drench,” he recommends — 
“Lime Water .... 2 ounces. 
Honey 4 v 
Infusion of Sassafras . . 1 pint. 
To be given daily for a fortnight or more.” 
Now when it is borne in mind that urinary calculi in the 
horse consist of the carbonate of lime principally, surely in 
the above formula there can be no solvent properties, and it 
may be that it is rather calculated to add to the concretion 
than diminish it. 
We could go on; but we abstain. We are only solicitous 
that the principles of our profession should be based on 
science, and then we are satisfied all will be well in the end. 
THE ATMOSPHERE. 
“The subtle circumambient atmosphere — the most wonder- 
ful and useful of the works of God, essential to the vitality of 
every living thing — the scene of magnificent sights, and the 
grand messenger of nature — the medium by which light, 
sound, and odour, are dispersed — the vehicle, therefore, of 
beauty, music, and fragrance. It deals in detail with the 
phenomena of heat and cold, summer and winter, day and 
night, sunshine and shade, rain and drought, calm and 
tempest. It leads the mind, as w^ell as the eye, to the 
morning mist, the noontide glory, and the twdlight cloud; 
expatiates amid the loveliness and grandeur of creation, and 
bids us mark the silence of the stormless ether, the whispers 
of the rising breeze, and the noise of the mighty whirlwinds.” 
