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tions, each attack leaving the eye in a weaker state, until a film 
succeeded, and ultimately loss of vision. I also witnessed two or 
three horses that became blind precisely in the same manner, and 
whatever relief was afforded was merely temporary ; and con- 
sidering the advantages which the animal enjoys in this country, 
not being confined to foul stables where the acrid exhalations 
corrode the eyes, as in Europe, 1 think the animal is to the full 
as subject to inflammations of the eye in this country as in Europe, 
and that these inflammations prove ultimately fatal to vision. In 
H. M.25th Dragoons, I think there are six or seven horses which 
have lost an eye by this disease. In Europe I do not recollect 
that it is much more predominant. 
VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 
Cossar v . Thompson. 
[Communicated by Mr. J. Horsburgh, Dalkeith.] 
The following case may not, perhaps, be altogether uninte- 
resting to your readers. 
On the 6th of April, 1842, Mr. Cossar, horse-dealer, bought 
from Mr. Thompson, in the same profession, a bay pony for 
£9, warranted sound. The pony was delivered to Mr. Vessey, 
innkeeper here, without being at all in Mr. Cossar’s stables, for 
£1 profit, making the price to Mr. Vessey £10 ; Mr. C. also 
warranting the animal. 
The pony being very fat I was requested to give him a dose 
of physic on the 8th, with a view to prepare him before he was 
put to work. On turning him round, in order to give the ball, 
I observed a particular mark, about an inch and a half un- 
der the off-eye, like a recently healed wound, but, having a 
peculiar clear and shining appearance, with a depression in the 
middle as if the point of a finger had been firmly pressed into 
a swollen part. This I remarked to the groom at the time. 
At night the physic began to operate, and, during the next 
day, it was operating rather freely, and the pony was sick. I 
ordered a little hay. At night the physic set, and I then prescribed 
half a feed of beans, which he ate, taking his hay as usual. 
On the next morning the groom came in a great hurry, say- 
ing that the pony was all swelled and stiff, and could scarcely 
move. 1 examined him, and found him as described, the hair 
standing on end, and the absorbents so prominent, especially 
