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BROKEN- WIND. 
mare, finds that the said mare has broken-wind, which is proved 
by the contretemps or soubresaut , which he remarked in the irre- 
gularity of the movement of her flanks, and therefore he affirms 
that this mare is really broken-winded. ,, 
Pierre Alexandre Rossignol, 28, Basse du Rempert Street, 
Paris, “ after having examined the animal, first, w'hen quiet in 
her stall and fasting, and, secondly, after she had eaten her com 
and been exercised during ten minutes or a quarter of an hour, 
finds that she is in good health ; except that she has that irre- 
gular movement of the flanks, interrupted in the act of expi- 
ration by the contre-temps or soubresaut , which constitutes 
broken- wind, and therefore he pronounces this mare to be 
broken- winded.” 
Baptifolier, veterinary surgeon attached to the king’s stables, 
and residing at No. 11, Rue du Colisee, “ certifies to those 
whom it may concern, that he visited a mare in order to ascertain 
whether or not she was broken-winded ; and that after having 
examined her in the usual way, he pronounces her to be actually 
broken-winded.” 
Jacques-Francois Preau, of 81, Neuve Street, Augustin Street, 
certifies that “ being required to visit a mare, he did so visit 
her, and found her to be broken-winded.” 
Lastly, three veterinary surgeons, MM. Leblanc, Huzard, 
and Crepin, are appointed by the Tribunal of Commerce of 
Rouen to examine the said mare ; and then, after assembling at 
the house of Le Sieur Leblanc, a mare, of a certain long detailed 
description, was shewn to them by Le Sieur Leblanc as the one 
that was sold on a certain day at Rouen, and that was the 
subject of the present dispute: and they thus decree, “We, 
having examined the mare, firstly, when quiet and fasting ; 
secondly, while she ate her corn ; and, thirdly, after being trotted 
during ten minutes, have recognized the soubresaut of broken- 
wind, well-marked and constant when she had been undisturbed, 
before her exercise and before her feeding ; and the said mare, 
according to the report of M. Leblanc, having always fed well 
since she was brought to his infirmary, that is to say, from the 
15th of June to the present date, we cannot perceive any trace 
of recent disease; and, taking these circumstances into consi- 
deration, we affirm that the aforesaid mare is broken-winded, 
and, consequently, unsound.” 
I thought, Messrs. Editors, that it might amuse you and your 
readers to compare all these opinions given by the first veterina- 
rians of the present day in France on the subject of broken- 
wind. To me, who personally know many of the men, they 
possess considerable interest. They are characteristic, from 
