A SINGULAR CERTIFICATE OF SOUNDNESS. 
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cured with the following remedies; but the cure of such strains is 
not the work of a little time." — Had not my case been recorded 
seven years ago, at a time I little expected to meet with such an 
accident, much less to find any account of what seemed to me such 
a rara avis in any old work on farriery, so remarkable are the co- 
incidences between my account and Solleysel’s, that one might be 
led to think I had perused his before I wrote my own. 
A SINGULAR CERTIFICATE OF UNSOUNDNESS. 
To the Editor of “ The Veterinarian" 
Dear Sir, — I AM induced to trouble you under the following 
circumstances: — On the 18th of this month I was requested to 
examine a chestnut mare, which I did, and pronounced her sound. 
On the 19th, it would appear that the purchaser wished to return 
her, and had her examined by another veterinary surgeon, who 
gave the enclosed certificate. 
I shall, therefore, feel obliged if you will insert a copy of the 
certificate in your next Number, so as to obtain the opinions of the 
profession generally concerning it. 
I beg to remain, 
Your obedient servant, 
John F. Shaw, M.R.C.V.S. 
Veterinary Infirmary, 
Albion-street, Cheltenham, 
April 29, 1850. 
The Certificate. 
I certify that I have this day examined a chestnut mare at the 
request of the Rev. ; that I consider her generally 
sound ; but that, in my opinion, a horse that requires to 
be shod in the peculiar way that she is behind, cannot, 
strictly speaking, be pronounced sound. 
B. 
Cheltenham, April 19, 1850. 
