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CASE OF ADHESIONS OF TIIE INTESTINES. 
transpired that prevented my doing so ; however, I now send it 
you for insertion in your Journal. And I take this opportunity 
of expressing my disapprobation respecting the course adopted 
by Professors Sewell and Simonds, viz. that of giving similar 
instructions, and that gratuitously, to the members of the Royal 
Agricultural Society, to which they give their pupils at the 
Royal Veterinary College. As the pupils pay for their instruc- 
tion, and are the support of the Professors, such proceedings 
are extremely unjust to them, and will, undoubtedly, be mani- 
festly injurious when they come to embark in practice; since 
many agriculturists will, from the knowledge they gain from 
the Professors, treat their own sick stock. It is a crying evil, 
and ought to be taken notice of. I regret to say, it is my opinion 
that the Professors have not the future welfare of the profession 
and pupils at heart. — I must now allude to another subject, viz. 
that of the suspension of the bye-laws of the Council as far as 
relates to the apprenticeship clause. I trust it is simply a matter 
of expediency, as those laws should not be abrogated ; as I know 
full well, in common with other country practitioners, that it is im- 
possible to obtain, under existing circumstances, that knowledge 
for country practice at the Veterinary College which is impera- 
tively necessary to enable them to pursue their vocations with 
credit to themselves and advantage to their employers. I need 
not now repeat my reasons for stating this, having done so in a 
former communication to you. 
The Case. 
Oct. 15, 1834. — Visited a horse, the property of a farmer, which 
had been sick four or five days. He was standing back as far as 
he possibly could from the manger, looking towards his flanks, and 
had been purging for two days; he is very thin. As the pulse was 
strong and rather hard, I abstracted three quarts of blood, and 
ordered creta preparata and opium to be administered repeatedly. 
17/A. — Purging ceased; pulse 60, and hard; breathing quick- 
ened; he is still in pain, and very dull; refuses food and water. 
Bleed again ; blisters to abdomen, and give sedatives. 
19 th . — Much the same — continue treatment. 
20 /A. — Suddenly attacked with griping pains ; pulse 70, and 
weak; lies down and looks back; bowels slightly constipated; 
fomentations to abdomen. Give ol. ricini, tinct. opii, &c. 
22 d . — Free from pain ; pulse quick anpl weak ; feeds a little. 
Give febrifuges. 
25/A to Nov. \th . — Pulse varied from 50 to 54 ; the appetite 
