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them on all matters relative to the horse and dog; and I really 
believe that, had 1 set up as a practitioner, l could have realized a 
comfortable income. That I was successful in many cases — that 
I even operated freely with the knife, the lancet, and the iron — 
the actual cautery is a favourite remedy for horse or man — and 
with success, is a fact attributable, perhaps, to luck. 
But, you may ask, To what does all this tend ? simply that, lo- 
cated near to a member of your profession, one whose character 
for ability stands deservedly high, I never trust to my own know- 
ledge ; but in case of illness, lameness, &c. I immediately send off 
for one who I feel persuaded must, from his education, know a 
great deal more on the subject than I possibly can do. 
I am a regular reader of, and subscriber to, The Veterina- 
rian, and shall be sorry to see so able, and, to me, interesting a 
periodical discontinued, or much altered in its arrangements. 
As to the suggestion of writing the prescriptions in Latin, that, I 
think, would not check the spread of knowledge ; for any chemist 
or chemist’s lad could turn them into English, or Leach’s Gram- 
matical Introduction to the London Pharmacopoeia might be used 
for the purpose. 
In addition to Th e Veterinarian, I have a tolerable collec- 
tion of works relative to horses, &c. ; and, as far as my memory 
goes, I think I may state that all amateur writers — and Nimrod 
at the head — though ’tis true that he and others tell one what 
to do under certain symptoms — advise, on the appearance of any 
illness, to send off instanter for the ablest veterinary surgeon in 
the neighbourhood. 
The knowledge to be acquired by a constant and careful peru- 
sal of the pages of The Veterinarian is, undoubtedly, consi- 
derable, and highly beneficial to those having horses and other 
quadrupeds in certain of our colonies, where regular veterinarians 
are not to be met with, or who reside at such distances as to ren- 
der their services wholly unavailable ; but, for general purposes, 
other works treating of the diseases of animals would be consulted 
as easier of reference. 
Turner, some years ago, published a book on the Foot of the 
Horse, fully describing more especially the navicular-joint disease, 
its treatment, &c. Has he had fewer cases sent to him in conse- 
quence ? 
But it is not alone on account of his professional knowledge 
that I apply to a veterinary surgeon ; it is also on the score of eco- 
nomy. I am a younger son, with a younger son’s pittance, and, 
mayhap, with a younger son’s passion for horses and dogs, and it 
is to save my pocket that I invariably send for my friend, who 
never hesitates to tell me what he is about to do ; while a quack 
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