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bled, and had had no medicine. It is more reasonable to attri- 
bute their recovery to the circumstance of their having taken 
less yew than to their having' had croton ; particularly as they 
were seized when the yew had much diminished. The croton, 
too, produced no purgative effect, although to one ewe no less 
than two tea-spoonfuls were given, and she was of the number 
that recovered. It is deserving of especial notice, that in these 
cases the poisonous effects were produced by the yew in a dead 
state ; when, perhaps, most people would have thought it alto- 
gether unlikely to occasion mischief. Such facts as these I have 
recorded should be as widely circulated as possible ; for although 
we are told that experience bought is better than experience 
taught, yet there are few agriculturists, I take it, but what 
would prefer reading such instances in a journal to feeling 
their effects in their own pockets. The owner was unaware of 
its poisonous nature, and he says it is the last time he intends 
making a fence from the cuttings of the yew tree. 
THE VETERINARIAN , DECEMBER 1 , 1837. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. — Cicero. 
[We again yield the place of honour to these interesting and 
valuable records of the progress of veterinary science in foreign 
schools. How happy should we be to place before the public 
the labours of other institutions nearer home !] 
Extract from the Compte Rendu of the Proceedings oj the Vete- 
rinary School of Alfort , during the scholastic year 1836-1837. 
Hospitals. — Professor M. Renault. 
During the scholastic year that has just expired 618 animals, 
afflicted with various diseases, have been received into the hos- 
pitals of the school. Of these 426 were horses, and the rest 
cows, dogs, goats and pigs. 
Of the 426 horses, 354 were dismissed, either cured, or in a 
state of convalescence. 34 died, and 38 were destroyed, either 
on account of the known incurability of the disease, or because 
the owners were unwilling to incur an expense which might, in 
the most favourable termination of the case, be very considerable 
