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MISCELLANEA. 
Novel Advertisement. 
It is an old saying, that there is nothing new under the sun ; 
but we much doubt whether an advertisement similar to the fol- 
lowing was ever before submitted to the public. We extract it 
from the “ Journal des Haras. ” We insert the whole of it, for 
it is all the production of one pen: — 
Manege Hygienique. 
Hiding School for the Preservation or Restoration of Health . 
In all ages riding has been considered as a mode of convey- 
ance (une gestation ) exceedingly useful in a medical point of 
view, and has been classed among the most efficacious tonics. 
In order to prove this, it will be sufficient to cite a passage from 
Sydenham, the most celebrated physician of his time, who in 
the strongest terms recommended riding as a therapeutic agent. 
“ I have often thought,” said he, “ that if any one was in pos- 
session of a remedy as efficacious as horse-exercise, and would 
keep it a secret, he might easily amass a great fortune.” 
It is evident that horse-exercise acts upon the human frame as 
a powerful tonic ; but, in order that it may be usefully employed, 
certain rules must be attended to, corresponding with the tem- 
perament and the malady of the individual. A stranger to the 
healing art could not possibly thus adapt the one to the other ; 
for such is the difference between the various breeds of horses 
and their paces, that it is far from being a matter of indifference 
to the healthy, much more to the sick person, what kind of horse 
he mounts. Some persons labouring under certain affections are 
not able, at first, to bear the least horse-exercise, simply because 
they have not at their disposal a horse whose paces suit their 
complaint ; and, therefore, they have concluded that riding, if not 
injurious, is at least unpleasant and useless. That is a great 
error ; for all the world may at all times bear this exercise, if it is 
properly and sagely managed : but, in order that this may be the 
case, it is necessary that the medical man should have a perfect 
knowledge of horses, and of riding, that he may make a wise ap- 
plication of this remedy to the varying cases of his patients. 
Dr. Fitz-Patrick has treated in a special manner on this chasm 
in medical science, in a pamphlet which he has lately published, 
entitled “ Considerations on Horse-exercise, employed as an hy- 
geian and therapeutic Agent.” 
In this little work Dr. F. has treated of the different paces of 
the English, Norman, Hanoverian, Limourin, Andalousian, and 
Arabian horse, and the difficulties that are continually met with, 
