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advert to Hering, of whom it may in simple justice be said 
that he approaches more closely to the idea of a perfect man in 
veterinary science and art than perhaps the most enthusiastic 
amongst us would conceive it possible for any one to do. 
The schools of Stuttgart, Vienna, and Berlin, not forgetting 
Munich, Dresden, Hanover, and the Belgian capital, are 
enormous storehouses, from whose learning we trust to reap 
much. Gurlt and Hertwig in Berlin, are names second to 
none in the annals of contemporary cultivators of all sciences. 
The land which gave birth to Bourgelat, and with him 
Ambroise Pare, first gave the impulse to the progress of 
comparative and human surgery, and still holds its rank. The 
resources of the French schools are inextinguishable. 
To fulfil my programme, to cull monthly from the vast 
arena mapped out, the progress of veterinary sciencd and art 
is a project so vast, that one must not be surprised if it be 
only inadequately fulfilled. Some time must elapse before a 
judgment in point can be formed ; as the scheme is being 
worked, it will gradually be perfected. 
Conscious of the difficulty of the undertaking, I shall next 
month cheerfully commit to these pages its first part. I 
have no fear of the judgment of impartial men. I court it, 
because I venerate it. How much I may leave undone will 
not be the only object of their measure. All human w*orks 
are imperfect ; in judging them, the estimate must be formed 
according to the amount of profit they are calculated to 
confer. 
Facts and Observations. 
SAVIN PRODUCING ABORTION IN MARES. 
Mr. E. Mellett, M.R.C.V.S., Henley-on-Thames, has 
communicated to us the following history. “ About a fortnight 
ago, a farmer residing near this town, had a misunderstand- 
ing with one of his carters, and discharged him, but he con- 
tinued to live in a cottage adjoining his premises. 
“ My professional attendance was required a few days since 
to two mares heavy in foal. One of them passed her foal in 
my presence, with very little assistance, on Monday evening, 
and the other on Wednesday last. Both colts were dead, 
and apparently, from the putrid state in which the mem- 
branes were, I should imagine they had been dead, one 
