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HONOURABLE MORSE DEALERS. 
5/A. — He got up this morning without assistance for the first 
time ; pulse 72, and very irregular in their character, which I 
attributed to the effect of the strychnia. Repeat the strychnia 2 gr. 
5 o’clock, P.M. — Pulse 70; the animal improving. Repeat ball. 
6/A, 7 o’clock, A.M. — He was standing and feeding, as I would 
desire ; his appetite had been very good throughout his illness : 
he could now move across his box, though reeling and dragging 
his hind quarters : pulse 66, and more regular in character. Repeat 
strychnia 2 gr., with aloes 3ji, as his bowels were a little costive. 
He gradually improved up to the 15th, under the same treat- 
ment, but I reduced the strychnia to 1 gr. twice a-day on the 10th, 
and for the last three days gave only one ball a-day. From the 
12th he was able to take a little exercise, and on the 15th I dis- 
continued the strychnia and gave tonics for a few days, with 
liberal diet; and on the 27th his owner put him to slow work, at 
which he has continued up to the present time; but he still reels a 
little at times, and inclines his head to the off side, I have had 
several similar cases previously, but the majority of them have not 
been rendered useful again, or to perform much exertion. Should 
you have a vacant leaf in your valuable record for these rough 
remarks, you will much oblige 
Your’s, &c. 
HONOURABLE HORSE DEALERS. 
To the Editors of “ The Veterinarian .” 
In The Veterinarian of last month an instance is mentioned 
by Mr. Horsburgh of a horse being returned to a horse-dealer in 
consequence of his certifying the unsoundness of the animal, on 
which the money was immediately refunded. Mr. H. states it to 
be the first case of the kind that ever occurred in his practice, 
which certainly does not speak very favourably of the honesty of 
the dealers Mr. H. has had to do with. I beg, however, to state, that 
I have met with many instances of the kind, in which, on my cer- 
tifying the unsoundness of the horse, the money has been imme- 
diately returned by the dealer, and I cannot consider the case so 
rare as he thinks it. There are, I believe, both knaves and honest 
men in every profession and every business, and there are many 
honourable men who follow the business of horse-dealing. 
W. C. Spooner. 
Southampton, May 16, 1846. 
