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he permitted him to shew his face before the board of examiners. 
As matters stand, however, certificates are received in lieu of such 
tests, and thus oral is suffered to compensate for the lack of mani- 
pular examination. 
Mr. Haycock’s case of Melanosis — as well on account of its 
rarity, as for the clear, graphic, intelligent style in which it is 
drawn up — will be read with more than ordinary interest. Such 
a case, occurring to a young veterinary surgeon at the commence- 
ment of his professional career, might place him in an awkward 
dilemma — might, supposing he mistook its nature, seriously affect 
his growing reputation ; though, on the other hand, supposing him 
well read enough in veterinary medicine to have his mind led to 
a suspicion of something of the kind at the time he was examining 
the tumour, as yet hard and undeveloped, a case of the sort might 
do him in his practice incalculable service, by shewing how supe- 
rior his professional judgment was to that of others around him. 
Let him, then, should he ever be called to a case of the sort, as 
Mr. Haycock so judiciously did, carefully examine the tumour in 
every part, and in all its relations to other parts ; let him then 
consider the colour of the horse, and ascertain, if he can, whether 
the (grey) colour has ever changed from dark to light ; also, take 
into account the age of the horse, & c. For the present, by way 
of preparing himself against such an emergency, let him, now he 
has the opportunity, peruse with all his attention Mr. Haycock’s 
admirable narrative, and, we will take upon ourselves to say, he 
will not very unpardonably err in his diagnosis. At another time 
we may look into the Foreign accounts of melanosis. 
Dr. Perogof has demonstrated that, as “ there are more ways 
than one of killing an animal,” so there are different ways of 
etherizing it. He says, he has learnt from experiment, that, when 
ether-vapour is administered per rectum, not only is a less quan- 
tity required to produce the desired effect than when inhaled, but 
that the effect is more quickly produced ; to say nothing about — • 
what in veterinary practice, at least, such a mode of introduction 
will prove, and what with us is a very great consideration — its 
comparative facility of administration, and, we think we may add, 
its greater safety of operation. In short, in our opinion, this new 
