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THE VETERINARIAN, JULY 1, 1858. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. 
Cicero. 
THE ADVANCEMENT OE CATTLE PATHOLOGY IN RELATION 
TO STRANGULATION OF THE INTESTINES OF THE OX. 
It is gratifying to observe that from time to time fresh 
light breaks in upon some abstruse point of science, render- 
ing plain and distinct that which previously had been hidden 
and mysterious. If we circumscribe this aphorism, and 
apply it solely to our own profession, we believe we shall 
see that its truth is thereby not the less fully affirmed. Few’ 
persons can be found in the present day who are bold 
enough to deny that veterinary science has made rapid 
advances, and that in a proportionate degree it has alleviated 
the sufferings of those animals in particular which man has 
subjected to his will. At the first, as was to be anticipated, 
equine pathology was quickly emancipated from the thral- 
dom of ignorance which attached to most of its votaries, and 
each succeeding year down to our oivn times, has consequently 
witnessed its advancement. The rescuing cattle pathology 
from the hands of the charlatan soon followed in the 
wake, and now we can boast of men eminent for their 
scientific knowledge, who are devoting all their energies to the 
prevention and cure of the affections of cattle and sheep. 
If the early labourers in the field of science vvere only per- 
mitted to see the blade spring forth from the seed they had 
sown, it is especially gratifying to us, who have come so soon 
after them, to behold this rapidly advancing into ear, and 
yielding fruit abundantly. 
We have been led into this train of thought from ob- 
serving that a discussion is being carried on in our pages on 
the subject of strangulation of the intestines of the ox. 
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