COMMUNICATION FROM MR. R. H. HOLLOWAY. 433 
For some months past, my field of labour has been exclu- 
sively almost confined to the more beaten track (in Indian 
cavalry practice,) of cases of Flatulent and Spasmodic Colic, 
“ Off Feed,” accidents, and lameness, none of which have 
been sufficiently striking to render them worthy of comment. 
It is not, I believe, to be attributed to indifference, nor 
even to the enervating effects of this climate upon the 
European constitution, that, comparatively, so very little of 
Indian army veterinary practice and experience is to be 
found recorded in the pages of the Veterinarian. 
I hope that there are some amongst us who are desirous 
to contribute, were it (to quote from your last March leader, 
p. 178), “ only a small stream to the ocean of truth,” and 
thus to fulfil, in some measure at least, “ Lord Nelson’s pass 
word :” but where the element is not , we cannot reasonably 
expect the “ stream.” 
No water, no stream, nor irrigation to produce fertility of 
soil, and fruitful harvests. The labourer may toil assiduously, 
and cheerfully endure “ the heat and burden of the day,” and 
yet the sterile land will yield a crop but very inadequate and 
ill-proportioned to the honest culture and the care bestowed 
upon it. 
I am convinced that the offerings from the “far East” 
would be much more regular and frequent, did the fields of 
labour present generally more of novelty and variety than 
they do. There is work, and an abundance of it, for one 
possessed of a conscientious mind, but (although interesting 
enough to the practitioner himself,) without cases of suffi- 
cient import, it is difficult to mak e frequent communications. 
I am not, I assure you, writing thus because I feel 
aggrieved by your somewhat frequent allusions and plain 
speaking to “friends in the East.” On the contrary, I 
tender you my hearty thanks for imparting these healthy 
stimulants , which we all perhaps, more or less require, and 
emanating as they do from our Alma Mater, they cannot be 
otherwise than acceptable to the right-minded and right- 
thinking portion of its members. 
CASE OF ABSCESS NEAR THE ACETABULUM. 
During the perusal of the Veterinarian for March last, I 
was reminded by the record at pp. 140, 141, of “Caries of 
the Hip-joint,” of a case (though not identical,) that occurred 
some time ago in my own practice. 
A horse, very lame in the “ near thigh,” was admitted for 
treatment. 
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