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him for a dead one, with instructions to have him removed as 
quickly as possible. The subsultus continued without intermission 
in either the fore or hind leg, from the commencement of the attack 
up to the 24th. Now, could the mischief subsequent upon castra- 
tion have had any connexion with this attack ? — for although it as- 
sumed the character of typhus in its progress, still in many respects 
it was different from cases generally* of that nature. The restlessness 
ceased on the discharge making its appearance*. 
THE VETERINARY SURGEON CONSIDERED RELATIVE 
TO HIS CONDITION AND HIS PRESENT 
AND FUTURE PROSPECTS. 
By Mr . J. Hayes, Rochdale. 
In the first place, the effects which the openly publishing plain 
works on veterinary subjects have on the welfare of the veterina- 
rian are to be considered ; for, though ably written works may raise 
us in the estimation of scientific men, yet these very men will take 
advantage of it, and endeavour to do, and also advise others to do, 
without the attendance of the man who, perhaps, has contributed 
to raise the art, and which makes it worthy of his approbation. 
Again : the very great majority of our clients are not of the scien- 
tific class, and the life of an animal not being considered or felt by 
them to be of the same ‘importance as their own, or that of a hu- 
man being — as the service of the former can be replaced by money, 
which is not the case with the latter — yet how generally do we 
see people tampering even with their own lives, as well as with 
those of others, from a little glimmering of knowledge which they 
fancy they have derived from some good or bad publication ! This 
I know is seriously felt by all branches of the healing art ; which 
being the case, how can we wonder at the keepers of animals risk- 
ing the lives and usefulness of those animals'? I am sure hundreds 
of my brethren can testify to the evil effects which open publica- 
tions of these kinds have had on the well-being of the veterinary 
surgeon. 
* In the absence of any title given to the case by Mr. King, we have taken 
the liberty of calling it — what we believe it to have been a variety of— In- 
fluenza. In the season of the epidemic we have often had occasion to remark 
how much previous disease of any kind that had not a very long while sub- 
sided influenced an attack of influenza, not only in regard to its locality, but 
likewise as to its nature. We have no doubt in this instance that the opera- 
tion of castration had much to do with the form and course the influenza 
assumed. — Ed. 
