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guineous expectoration proceeded from rupture of some of 
the minute bronchial vessels, I persuaded my friend to take 
small doses of the tincture of matico. The effect is remark- 
able, for although the cough continues, there is no longer any 
blood expectorated with the phlegm, nor is there the same 
soreness of the trachea and bronchi ; consequently, the cough 
has become somewhat less severe of late. 
I have also during the pursuance of veterinary practice 
employed matico to incised and lacerated wounds with much 
success, and have found it fully deserving the high eulogy 
pronounced on it by the so-called ignorant natives where 
the plant abounds. I consider it merits a place in our 
pharmacopoeias, and likewise in the medicine-chest of every 
army surgeon, whether human or veterinary. 
Should you think the above worthy insertion in your 
Journal 1 shall feel honoured. I have not given names, but 
should you require them I can do so. 
I remain, dear Sirs, yours obediently. 
INDIAN VETERINARY PRACTICE. 
By Capt. William Hickey, Second in Command, 15th 
Regiment of Irregular Cavalry, Lahore. 
Sirs, — Although not a M.R.C.V.S., I have been a sub- 
scriber to your Journal for the last twelve years, and have 
observed, with regret, that the members of your profession 
in this country contribute but little to the columns of that 
periodical. With the exception of an occasional letter from 
Messrs. Western, Hodgson, Hurford, and Nelson, I never see 
any account of the diseases or treatment of horses or cattle 
in this part of the world. How is this? It cannot be 
that veterinary surgeons in India have no practice, for they 
have an immense field for it, not only in the charge of 
government horses and oxen, but also in that of private 
individuals. It cannot be that they have no leisure, for 
their time is their own. What is it then ? I expect it is 
downright laziness and nothing else! They are content just 
to visit their hospitals once a day, to set at home at ease, and 
long for the time to come when they can leave this country 
for ever. 
I dare say you (and they also,) think it presumptuous in 
a non-professional person like myself to write about these 
