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dom where the officers are more respected and beloved than the 
Veterinary College. He states that the students dare not complain, 
“ for they would be marked as black sheep.” Miserable idea! and 
shewing to any reasonable man the narrow mind of him who could 
make, leave alone pen, such an observation. It strikes me the 
author will be marked as a scabby sheep by all members of the 
profession. 
Last, though not least, Mr. Cartwright’s modesty causes him re- 
luctantly to touch upon the Medical Examiners. I consider him 
ungrateful, positively ungrateful, in mooting the subject : he has 
to thank their leniency and kind consideration for allowing him 
to be a member of the College, as it is considered, had the 
board been entirely composed of veterinary surgeons, he would 
have returned to his native place with the prospect of “ a beggar’s 
harvest gained by nightly toil.” He is awfully severe concerning 
certain members having disgraced the profession ; but I consider 
in this particular he stands A 1 ; and seriously think, to use his 
own words, “ he had more luck than any thing else in passing his 
examination.” Mr. Cartwright has also made some LOW remarks 
on what he considers th e fundamental wants of the College : these 
I pass over, simply regretting his taste. 
I have now, Mr. Editor, completed my somewhat long epistle, 
and in conclusion would recommend Mr. Cartwright to have done 
with authorship, unless he can ground his assertions on facts ; and 
although the “ cacoethes scribendi” is strongly developed in him, 
yet his style being vulgar and abusive, I fear he will never, by 
means of his pen, lay by sufficient of this world’s goods to enable 
him to found a Cartwright fellowship in the new college he so 
vauntingly recommends the establishment of. 
I have the honour to remain, &c. 
A CASE OF SINGULAR AFFECTION OF THE 
STOMACH. 
By Mr. H. Christian,^., V.S., Canterbury. 
THINKING the following case to be a singular one and interesting 
to the profession, I have enclosed the particulars for your valuable 
periodical, The Veterinarian. 
In November last, a sporting gentleman consulted me respecting 
a hunter (thorough bred), which was affected last summer, after 
coming from grass, with spasms of the neck, sweating profusely, 
and continually placing his fore feet in the manger. In this po- 
sition he would stand for several minutes, occasionally lying down. 
It was evident, that, in consequence of these spasms, the fluid or food 
he had taken passed up and down the gullet to within six inches of 
the pharynx ; and after excessive pain, and many attempts to vomit, 
