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A CASE OF LAMENESS. 
on upon cold wet land, &c., I believe it is produced by a derange- 
ment of the functions of one or more of the digestive organs ; and 
I have always treated it as such. And, moreover, I am com- 
pelled to beiieve, that there is no such a disease with the symp- 
toms and names as our modern writers call wood-evil, pantas, 
moor-ill, &c. I have been at many post-mortem examinations 
of what was called by other practitioners fatal cases of wood-evil 
or moor-ill. Some I found died from a constipation of the mani- 
plus ; others, inflammation of the lungs, inflammation of the 
liver, &c. 
[This paper lias been mislaid, or it should have been earlier inserted. We 
feel ourselves bound to publish it, because Mr. Cox could claim a right of 
reply to the queries of Mr. Mayer; otherwise it is time for this controversy 
to cease, for it was becoming 1 tainted with a little too much personal feeling. 
We do assure Mr. Cox, that we have never done more than alter a little his 
diction and spelling. We have not meddled with a single opinion, or know r - 
ingly weakened the force of a single sentence. In proof of it, Mr. Cox’s pre- 
sent letter shall, if he wishes it, be published literatim et punctuatim. — Y.] 
A CASE OF LAMENESS. 
By Mr. Tait, of Portsoy . 
’Tis pleasant to see one’s name in print : 
A case is a case , tho’ there is nothing in’t. — Byron. 
The subject of the following notice, when one year old, be- 
came lame in consequence of a ringbone in the near fore leg. 
He was fired and blistered, which had the desired effect ; but, 
although he went sound, the enlarged joint was still perceptible. 
When four years old, he was taken up and broke for the saddle, 
and continued to do work for six months ; after which he again 
went lame. The owner wishing to dispose of him, I became the 
purchaser (not at a high figure). I fired him pretty deeply, and 
applied a smart blister ; and in the course of a week he was sent 
to grass for a month. He came up sound, and continued so for 
two months, when he again became lame. As the firing-iron 
had told tales, you might as well think of shooting a horse that 
had these marks, as get rid of him at any price in this part of the 
country ; for the good folks here would as soon see “ auld Nick 
himself,” as see a horse that had been “brunt.” As I had been 
at a good deal of trouble and expense with him, I tried neuro- 
tomy, as a dernier resort. The operation had a wonderful effect 
upon him, as he became quite sound, and continued so ; but fall- 
ing in by chance with Lord Kintore’s fox-hounds, and after being 
with them for a couple of hours, I returned homeward. Being 
