252 THE CONTROVERSY ON THE EXPANSION OF THE FOOT. 
if Mr. Cherry had said any thing on the subject ; but here he has 
used a method of chicane, because it is indispensable to him. He 
tells us, “ in the October Number I reply to this farrago of pseudo 
experiments.” As far as we understand “ pseudo,” the word is 
misapplied. Mr. Gloag’s experiments were bond fide, — pseudo 
means false and pretending ; so that this want in Mr. Cherry’s 
education remains to be completed. Again, he says, “ there were 
two modes in which I might have replied to Mr. Gloag’s state- 
ments, — one by argument, the other by denial : I chose the latter, 
in which I was supported by the true principles of logic; but I 
also knew that the latter was the most difficult position in which 
I could place a sophist, — that of proving his own case.” Atrophous 
verbiage ! ! ! I maintain that Mr. Gloag has proved his own case 
by his experiments, not by conclusions only “ on dead parts 
squeezed into a vice,” but by the measures adopted by those ad- 
verse to his opinions, “ on the living foot.” In fact, whatever may 
have been the actual knowledge imparted on this subject, we must 
look to Messrs. Gloag, Reeve, Ernes, Hodgson, &c., for Mr. 
Cherry cannot be made available for their assistance ; therefore we 
consign Mr. Arthur Cherry to that summary dismissal from the 
subject with which he has treated others I hope you will concur 
in the validity of these objections to Mr. Cherry’s paper, and its 
style, whose veni, vidi, vici, is put to flight ; since his guns are 
neither great, nor is his powder strong. 
I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 
J. Hely, 11th Hussars. 
Hounslow Barracks, 15th April, 1850. 
*** Mr. Cherry’s last communication reflected in severe lan- 
guage upon Mr. Gloag. The attack was as unprovoked as un- 
deserved, and in our pages will not be renewed. Indeed, we felt 
regret afterwards in having inserted this one. Mr. Cherry is in 
error in “ conjecturing” that the “ effusion” by “ shoeing smiths” 
emanated from the pen of Mr. Gloag. — Ed. Yet. 
RABIES. 
By JAMES Moore, V.S., Manchester Veterinary Institution. 
On the morning of the 12th February I was requested to visit 
a mare, the property of Mr Shawcross. 
History. — A grey mare, clean legged, of the cart breed, seven 
years old, stands 15 hands 3 inches high ; has been the property 
of Mr. Shawcross since six months old. Up to this period she 
had been a remarkably healthy animal, having had no sickness, 
