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sixteen years, and all of these did well. It may be in place here to 
say, that in one or two cases the dropping of blood increased, and 
I found it necessary to introduce small pieces of tow up the scrotum 
as the horse stood. I fear you will consider me too prolix, and 
somewhat egotistical, when I tell you, that I have been honoured 
with the approbation of the Commander-in-Chief, for — to use his 
Excellency’s language — “the ability and care evinced in carrying 
out the important duty that devolved upon me.” This is flatter- 
ing; but I attribute my success entirely to the system I adopted; 
and feel convinced, taking into consideration the age of my pa- 
tients, heat of climate, and many other circumstances, that the old 
plan would, in numerous instances, have been attended with fatal 
results. 
Believe me, dear Broderick, &c. 
MEGRIMS. 
By Jas. Broad, M.R.C.V.S., Market-street , Paddington. 
To the Editor of u The Veterinarian .” 
Dear Sir, — I n accordance with your request I avail myself of 
the pleasure of addressing you upon the subject of “ megrims,” 
a disease to which I alluded in a letter of June last. In so doing 
I beg to apologize for my neglect in not replying to your note 
before. I then alluded to the collar as being the most productive 
agent in causing the affection ; yet I am quite prepared to admit 
that it arises from other causes, and that, doubtlessly, it occa- 
sionally occurs to saddle horses, although I have never had an 
opportunity of witnessing it under such circumstances ; but your 
authority alone is quite sufficient to rank saddle horses as being 
the occasional subjects of it. I am ready to admit the bearing 
rein to be sometimes the cause; but nearly all of our cases have 
occurred in horses not wearing them. I have had no reason to 
consider fat horses peculiarly subject to the disorder, or, as de- 
scribed by the late Mr. Youatt, the horse that is “ fat and full of 
blood.” I cannot understand that the fat horse’s circulation is more 
rapid or forcible than that of the horse in leaner or working con- 
dition, which his observations would appear to imply ; at least, 
all the cases that have come within my notice have been to horses 
in good working condition, and some few rather below that much- 
