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By way, we suppose, of attractive embellishment, on either 
side of this document are coarse woodcuts of two horses, one 
saddled and bridled, and apparently prancing in the restless- 
ness of desire to be mounted by his rider, above and under 
which is written, “ This horse was cured by Dadd’s medi- 
cine.’’ On the other side, as its antitheton, is another horse 
represented as sick and emaciated, with drooping head and 
tottering limbs, and above and below is written, “ This horse 
was bled, and dosed with antimony, &c.” 
In common charity we can only hope that some one has 
assumed Dr. Dadd’s name. Should it be otherwise, we can 
only say. Shame on it ! This is not the way to advance 
Veterinary science, or to cause its practitioners to gain the 
respect and confidence of the public. Heartily, and from 
our soul, we loathe empiricism, believing it to be a false 
system, and one subversive of all medical progress. We, 
therefore, unhesitatingly condemn it, and regret being obliged 
to blot our pages even with its condemnation. 
But are we, we would ask, quite free from it at home? 
Are there none among us who disgrace themselves by the 
adoption of a similar course of procedure, and those qualified 
members of the profession too ? Let the many advertise- 
ments in the provincial and other papers, which reach us from 
time to time, of rival " condition balls,” and <c ointment for 
the removal of splints, curbs, and spavins,” supply the an- 
swer. And here we leave the subject, for it is not ours to 
dictate to others how to act so as to obtain the means 
whereby to live, only hoping, that those who do thus act, 
may not hereafter have to contend with an accusing con- 
science telling them that they have sacrificed their profession 
and its advancement to the love of gain, the love of money 
being with them stronger than the love of science. 
“Lost in the world’s wide range, enjoined no aim. 
Prescribed no duty, and assigned no name.” 
