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Case II. 
On the 29th August, 1847, Mr. John Haxby, of this place, had 
an Irish cow taken ill, which he had just bought out of a drove of 
cattle that had been driven several miles. When I was called in 
to attend her she was evidently labouring under the symptoms of 
pleuro- pneumonia. She was standing, emitting a continual hoos- 
ing and rattling noise in respiration, and looked very ghastly. Pulse 
sank to 35 or 36. Rumen disordered ; hidebound; bowels consti- 
pated. After bleeding, the pulse rose to 70. It being indispensa- 
ble to administer aperients, some time elapsed before I could give 
sedatives to quiet the system. This being accomplished, the cow 
evidently felt greatly relieved ; she would not, however, either 
eat or drink. I therefore ordered her to have weak gruel, which 
was followed by happy effect. Pier appetite returned gradually, 
and in a few days the pulse lowered to 45. She then beg^n to 
feed a little, rumination became restored, her recovery soon proved 
complete, and she has done well ever since. 
To the above cases I could add numerous others whose cures 
have astonished their owners, who would be ready (including Mr. 
Dodson and Mr. Plaxby) to satisfy any inquiries that might be 
made relative to these and other cures of mine of the pleuro- 
pneumonia. 
Believe me, Sir, to remain, 
Your’s very respectfully. 
17th January, 1848. 
DEFECTIVE VETERINARY EDUCATION. 
By Alex. Henderson, M.R.C.V.S., 
Veterinary Surgeon to the Queen Dowager. 
Sir, — In a letter which I addressed to you, and which appeared 
in your last Number, reflecting on what I considered to be a gross 
dereliction of duty, in not giving the pupils at the Veterinary Col- 
lege a proper degree of instruction in the practical part of their 
education, much more might have been adduced ; but 1 trust that 
sufficient has been said on that particular point to draw the atten- 
tion of the proper authorities to this important subject. For, not 
only has there been a want of attention to the proper instruction of 
the pupils, after they have become such, but every applicant is 
admitted who presents himself with sufficient fees, without any 
