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broken-winded some years prior to her death ; and yet, on 
examination of the lungs, the appearances usually regarded as 
belonging to—as indeed the proximate.cause of that disorder, 
were not observed to be present. However questionable the 
present theory of broken wind may appear to be, one fact ap¬ 
pears to be established ; which is, that the malady consists in 
some irreparably deranged state of the mechanical functions of 
respiration ; and therefore, the' diaphragm being one of the prin- 
'cipal agents engaged in this function, it need excite no surprise 
that interruption or impediment from any cause in the action 
of that muscle should produce symptoms analogous to those of 
broken wind, as was the case with this mare. The most re¬ 
markable symptom in the disorder is the tedious, laboured, and 
difficultly accomplished expiration; which in the case before us 
would arise from the imperfect and unequal manner in which 
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the diaphragm on the rent side could be made to exert pressure 
against the lung; at the same time, we should expect that the 
mare experienced embarrassment also in inspiration, a circum¬ 
stance not present in a case of genuine broken wind. Her death 
seems to have been owing to a sudden extension of the rupture, 
and consequent defectiveness in the action of the diaphragm, to 
such a degree as to occasion suffocation. 
E. V. 
VETERINARY EDUCATION. 
To the Editor of the Veterinarian. 
Sir ; 
AMONG the defects of the present system of education at 
the Veterinary College, I know of none that requires a speedier 
remedy than the total neglect of the Anatomy, Physiology, and 
Diseases of Cattle, Sheep, and all our domestic animals except 
the Horse. 
This defect is not attributable however to the original consti¬ 
tution of the College, nor is it to be charged on the Professors. 
