416 INADEaUATE PERIOD ALLOWED TO VETERINARY STUDY. 
governors imagine how galling this must be to the man of educa¬ 
tion and common feeling:. But if those who are excluded are not 
men of education, and therefore unworthy to associate with their 
brother officers, shame on the system which places them in a situ¬ 
ation, in which the utter degradation of our profession is thus 
exposed. 
Again; we happen to know other instances in which the veteri¬ 
nary surgeon, by extraction, and education, and habit, a gentle¬ 
man, is readily and gladly admitted to the regimental mess. Even 
he is taught to feel our debasement. He does mingle with the 
officers of his regiment, but it is under painful restrictions. We 
respect you,the commanding officer will say to him, ^^and 
are happy to see you among us; but if you associate with those 
of whose ignorance and vulgarity we have seen too much, the 
leading men at the alehouse, and the friends and companions of 
our servants, you will not do for us. Choose between the two. 
You may belong to the one or the other, but to both you can- 
not.” Why, this is sufficiently humiliating to the man who 
loves his profession. 
But we are transgressing all bounds. We leave our case in . 
honourable hands, and confidently expect that they will do us 
justice. 
Quid sit pulclirum, quid turpe, quid utiie, quid non.—Hor. 
A TREATISE ON INGUINAL HERNIA IN THE 
HORSE AND OTHER MONODACTYLES. 
jBy Girard, Director of the Royal Veterinary School at Alforty 
AtOy pp. 145, with Lithographic Plates. Paris, 1827. 
(Continued from page 374.) 
THE treatment of a disease, to be rationally conducted, must be 
based upon some grand or leading principle of action—upon the 
