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the short business-like dictum of MM. Baptifolier and Preau 
to the prosing opinion ofcertain of the professors, “like a wounded 
snake dragging its slow length along.” They are so many tablets 
vivans moving before me. 1 do think that in process of time I 
must have a somewhat similar exhibition of certain persons 
nearer home, — we should have more variety and more character 
and more amusement; but, first of all, I should like to shew up, 
in no exaggerated caricature, yet in all their native deformity, 
some of your deadliest foes, and the foes of the veterinary pro- 
fession. I pause, however, for the present. 
An Observer, and a Lover of the Veterinary Art. 
We readily admit this jew d' esprit of our lively correspondent; 
and for the interview which he has permitted us to have with 
so many of our brethren abroad, and the slight but characteristic 
conversation we have had with them, we thank him. He has 
borne, however, a little too hard upon these gentlemen. Most 
of them seem to have hit the nail upon the head, and their 
harmless peculiarities we can readily forgive. We doubt whether 
so many English veterinary surgeons would have given so con- 
sistent and unobjectionable an opinion. As to actors nearer 
home, we think that we may so far rely on the innate good 
feeling of thisMover of our art as to be assured that he will not 
be unjust or unkind; and, as to the other sort of exhibition to 
which he alludes, he was merely joking with us. He knows us 
better, and is a truer ‘Mover of the veterinary art.” 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMPARATIVE PATHOLOGY. 
No. II. 
By Mr. You att. 
Enteritis — Rhinoceros. 
July 1 4th, 1834. — He was apparently well yesterday after- 
noon, and exhibiting the very best of his clumsy agility. In 
the night one of the watchmen thought that he was a little 
uneasy. In the morning he was evidently so. He was let into 
the paddock that he might take exercise, which alone often has 
considerable effect in relieving colicky pains in the quadruped. 
Two of the men also were set to work to rub his belly well, to 
which he quietly submitted, and an ineffectual attempt was 
made to administer castor oil. He continued to get worse and 
worse, and at eleven o’clock we were fortunate enough to get 
