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PRINCIPLES OF IIOMCEOPATHY. 
and back up to her manger; pulse 60, and respiration 
quieter. 
4th. — I did not see her. They wean the foal. 
5th. — All is going on well, except being rather unsettled 
at the loss of her foal. A swelling is now perceived to exist 
on the near side, about the middle of the ribs, at the part a 
saddle would cover, and about the size of a large saddle-flap 
in extent. Renew the seton, and remove the rugs for good. 
Clip the hair off over the swelling, and apply the iodine 
ointment. 
6th. — All the swellings disappearing; pulse about 45. 
The ointment has had a decided and permanent effect, 
and I seem to regret that it was not applied earlier. The 
appetite has returned. 
And now a word as to the causes, nature of the disease, 
and loss of time before any remedies were resorted to. When 
we cannot find any other reasonable cause, of course, there 
is cold, as usual, to fall back upon. Can this unusual case 
be attributed to anything else? As to its nature, the only 
explanation I have been able to give is that it was an attack 
of inflammatory oedema, which, however, does not at all 
satisfy the inquisitives. As to the neglect, the owner was 
advised by a neighbouring farmer that as it was a distemper 
the same as all his had gone through, the best plan was to 
let the poor suffering brute alone. This is the dignified 
humanity of the nineteenth century ! You may preach as 
long as you like about educating Veterinary Surgeons, ’tis 
all, I fear, fruitless. Still, despair not. In addition, one of 
the Old School saw the mare out on the Monday, and he 
said that he had seen nothing like it before, and I suppose 
felt no inclination i( to buckle his whole armour on so she 
was left by him, like many more, to die, or to recover by 
Nature’s aid alone. 
ON THE PRINCIPLES OF HOMCEOPATHY. 
By E. Mayhew, M.R.C.V.S., London. 
Gentlemen, — Some time having elapsed since two prac- 
titioners contested in the pages of your Journal concerning the 
value of homoeopathy, perhaps an individual, personally 
unknown to both parties, may be now permitted to offer the 
few facts which in the course of practice have come to his 
knowledge regarding the matter in dispute. I trust this 
