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COMPARATIVE DISEASES AND LAMENESSES 
periment would not put this to the hazard. They waited a little, 
and, the disease assuming a still more aggravated character, they 
ordered the poor fellow to be destroyed. 
Y. 
ON THE COMPARATIVE DISEASES & LAMENESSES 
OF FRENCH AND ENGLISH HORSES. 
By Mr. C. J. Dawson, V.S., Boulogne-sur-Mer. 
Sir, — In The Veterinarian for August, which, owing to 
some delay, I have only just received, I find a letter from that 
clever writer Nimrod, “ On the Comparative Diseases and Lame- 
nesses of the French and English Horses.” 
I feel somewhat diffident in commenting on a communication 
from a man having had the experience of Nimrod, coupled with his 
acknowledged talents, and the interest he takes in all horse matters ; 
but, being desirous of arriving at “ facts” (which desire, I am sure, 
actuates every well-wisher to the profession), I am induced to 
trouble you on the present occasion. 
In speaking of the foot, your correspondent says, “ I see no corns 
in France, and, what is more extraordinary, hear of none.” Now 
this astonishes me ; for I really think, out of every six French 
horses that come to my forge, four of them have corns. It is true, 
that the French smiths know little about the disease; but their 
want of knowledge does not alter the fact of their horses being 
subject to corns. 
An instance of this occurred to me the other day in my practice 
here. I was sent for to see a horse, belonging to one of the dili- 
gence proprietors. I found him very lame, and in great pain; so 
much so that he was down. Upon examination, I felt convinced 
that the mischief lay in the foot, and I mentioned my opinion to 
the owner, who, however, differed from me, and imagined it to be 
a shoulder-case. I begged of him to allow me to send for my man, 
and to have the shoe taken off, to which he consented. 
The shoe being removed, we found him exceedingly sensitive in 
the seat of corn, and, after paring for some time — the sole being as 
thick and hard as a board — down we came upon the evil, and to 
the surprise of the owner, who had been watching the whole of 
the operation, we evacuated a considerable quantity of pus. Now, 
this horse had been lame three weeks, evidently from the corn 
which had gone on to suppuration, without the French smith being 
aware that the animal had any thing of the sort. 
