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MISCELLANEA. 
banish all petty party and personal considerations, if we would in 
earnest act in concert with the profession at large. 
The present number of our Journal, valuable for the matter it 
contains, as well as for the names whence that matter has ema- 
nated, furnishes us with bright and conspicuous examples of such 
disinterested professional spirit. In it we find Mr. Baker, of 
Reigate, in the genuine spirit of philanthropy, throwing out 
suggestions for the institution of a “ General Annuity Fund,” 
wherefrom professional old age and incapacity, orphanage and 
widowhood, may derive solace and support. In another place, 
we behold Mr. Mayer, senior, of Newcastle -under-Line, telling 
us, in the same spirit of professional brotherhood, how we may 
form among ourselves “ Protective Societies and Associations,” and 
of what advantage such assemblages, were they properly organized 
in the different counties and localities, could not fail to prove to 
us, a representative body. These, we repeat, are movements for 
the general, the professional good — have no self in their com- 
position — arise from a pure and virtuous feeling of doing unto 
others as we would others should do unto us. 
MISCELLANEA. 
Swedish Stable Treatment of Horses. 
It will seem rather singular to those who are accustomed to 
litter their horses well to hear that in Sweden it is very common 
not to litter them at all. In that country the floors of the stables 
are planked, and the planks are perforated with holes, so that 
no wet will lodge on them — these bare boards being the only 
bedding allowed. To this strange method the Swedes attribute 
the soundness of their horses’ feet, as it is quite uncommon to 
meet with a lame or foundered horse in Sweden which has been 
so stabled. 
erratum. 
In Mr. Percivall’s Case, at page 2, line 8, for “ the 19th,” read the 9th of October, 
