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complete. He likewise exhibited the septum narium of a glan- 
dexed mare, in which the ulceration had proceeded to an almost 
incredible extent ; but the animal had been cured, and had lived 
and worked fourteen years afterwards. He spoke also of the great 
and satisfactory degree in which farcy was now brought under me- 
dical control. 
He then referred to the different modes of shoeing the horse, and 
produced specimens of shoes of every country. He noticed par- 
ticularly Mr. Bracy Clark's jointed shoe as a supposed remedy 
for or preventive of contraction. It had been recommended by 
Blundeville many a year ago. It never got into general use, or 
answered all the purposes contemplated by Mr. Clark, although it 
was occasionally serviceable in cases of contraction and other dis- 
eases. 
He next adverted to the various other kinds of shoes adopted in 
different countries, and produced specimens of them, from the shoe 
which in Iceland is sometimes constructed of the horn of the sheep, 
to the perfect covering which is afforded to the foot by the Arabian 
shoe, and which, in his opinion, approached as nearly as possible 
to perfection. 
The last shoe adopted in this country was Mr. Turner’s unilate- 
ral, or one-side-nailed shoe, and most successfully has it been em- 
ployed in many cases of contraction and corn; but it did not appear 
to be adapted for general use. 
He would now in a cursory manner allude to some of our Eng- 
lish writers, and he was proud that we could produce so long and 
satisfactory a list. “ The work of Mr. Wilkinson,” said he, “ was 
particularly valuable, on account of the extensive list of cures of 
that dreadful disease, tetanus, which it recorded. Mr. Percivall is, 
indeed, a writer of whom we may well be proud. His lectures 
contain a mass of important instruction, and his Hippo-Pathology 
is highly esteemed by every reader. I trust that the valuable la- 
bours of this author will be continued. Mr. Richard Lawrence has 
given some useful illustrations of the proper form and structure of 
the horse, as well as of the nature and treatment of many of his 
diseases. Mr. Bracy Clark, in addition to his works on the foot, 
has ably illustrated several of the diseases of the horse. Mr. John 
