EFFECTS OF THE CAUTERY AND SETON. 
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' This case is curious in several points of view. The horse, 
although his cheek is deeply lacerated by a rabid dog, does not 
exhibit any symptom of rabies during the whole time of treat- 
ment, nor during the eight days which followed the complete 
cicatrization of the wounds. It was not until the expiration of 
this time that the wounds re-opened, and some symptoms of this 
dreadful disease presented themselves : viz. disposition to bite, 
the refusal of fluids, and the impossibility to swallow. The pro- 
found cauterization employed by M. Dalimax appears to have 
prevented the farther development of the malady. — Fr, Editor . 
This is an important case. It is inserted now, in connexion 
with the detail of the symptoms of rabies in the horse, and it 
will be more than once referred to hereafter. — Y. 
THE COMPARATIVE EFFECT OF THE ACTUAL 
CAUTERY AND THE SETON. 
jBy Nimrod. 
Dear Sir, 
Occupations, partly in pleasure and partly otherwise, have 
prevented my having had it in my power to continue my contri- 
butions to your last three Numbers ; but confident that every atom 
that may contribute to increase the treasury of useful knowledge 
you are so successfully endeavouring to accumulate, will not be 
altogether unacceptable to you, I venture now to offer my opinion 
on the relative effects of the actual cautery and the seton in opera- 
tive veterinary surgery. It is fit, however, that I should pre- 
face my remarks by stating, that as regards the latter I am little 
better than a theorist; and thinking, we are told, is far from 
knowing the truth. Still, as the old gentlemen of Terence says, 
“ nothing affecting humanity is foreign to him,” so nothing that 
relates to the sufferings of the brute race — the horse especially — 
is indifferent to me. I can assure you I have thought much on 
the subject before me. Without entering at all, then, into the 
personal controversy which it has, and was likely to have, pro- 
duced in the profession — although considering the nature of the 
weapons at command, red-hot iron on one side , and cold steel on 
the other , little mischief has ensued — I will submit my sentiments 
and opinions to the candid consideration of your readers. 
Perhaps few persons have had occasion — and I reflect on the 
circumstance with pleasure — to fire so small a number of horses 
as I have had, considering that I have possessed certainly not 
