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cures him. I fear, however, that such persons would not be 
able to explain to the satisfaction of a judge and jury the 
physiological action of the actual cautery in effecting such a 
special result. I would ask those who state that firing does 
not constitute unsoundness, how are we to draw the line of 
distinction, or how to know when firing is to be considered 
as not unsoundness, and when soundness ? Surely no man 
will give it as his professional opinion that firing will cure all 
diseases. If it will not cure all affections, then assuredly it 
has so mutilated the common integument that it makes it 
impossible to form a right conclusion with regard to any 
abnormal state of the parts now present. 
To conclude, who, it may be asked, should decide the 
question of soundness or unsoundness? Why the heads of 
the profession, or, in other words, the Veterinary College. 
Why should not the professors give free utterance to their 
opinions ? Those who think proper might either adhere to 
these, or strike out a fresh path for themselves. If this were 
done we should all be better able to treat of the subject, 
whatever might be our particular views. There is nothing 
of more serious import to us, as a profession, and therefore 
none upon which we should endeavour to be unanimous. 
Veterinary surgeons who have been duly educated at the 
College know full well that certain symptoms denote the 
presence of certain diseases, and therefore there is generally 
a fair unanimity in opinion among them as to the existence 
of a disease or not. But on the question of soundness, 
veterinary surgeons at present are almost like a ship on the 
broad ocean without a pilot. Doubtless a time will come 
when the lectures on veterinary jurisprudence will be even 
more extended, valuable as they now are. In the interim, 
however, let those of experience among us not abstain from 
freely expressing their views through the medium of the 
pages of The Veterinarian . 
PULMONARY APOPLEXY IN A COW. 
By W. D. Bray, V.S., Broughton-in-Eurness. 
March 16 th, 1857, 5-30 p.ra., I was requested to visit a 
half-bred Scotch milch cow, two and a half years old, belonging 
to G. Latham, Esq., of Broughton. 
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