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It occurred to the groom, who is a very intelligent man, and 
who was present when the operation was performed, that the 
nerves had not been taken out; and, in order to ascertain that 
fact, he cut off both legs, and sent them to Mr. R. to be 
examined. Mr. R. and his Nephew made a very minute ex¬ 
amination, and found the nerves perfectly in their situation, and 
that not one fibre had there been taken out ordivided. Mr. R. re¬ 
quested my opinion as to the horse having been unnerved, which 
opinion was in unison with that of several medical men of this 
town; viz. that not one filament of the nerve had been touched. 
This, gentlemen, to you, may appear incredible, but such is the 
fact, and which I can prove by the most respectable evidence. 
So much for the knowledge to be derived from a short resi- 
dence at St. Pancras, and without any previous opportunity of 
being acquainted with the nature of the profession. 
I shall refrain from making any observations upon these cases; 
and leave it to your judgment to say, whether such a man ought 
to bear the title of Veterinary Surgeon ? 
Most assuredly not; but such must be the consequence of 
education so absurdly and unjustifiably limited in its nature and 
its duration, and of examiners so utterly incompetent to their 
office. Of all the delusions practised on the gullibility of the 
public, this is one of the strangest. We shall have occasion to 
refer to these points once or twice in the present number. 
The duration of the pupillage of the veterinary surgeon has 
been professedly prolonged. The period, however, if the whole 
of it be exacted, is yet inadequate ; but the work of reformation 
has commenced, and it will and must proceed.—E t>. 
ON SHOEING. 
By Mr. J. C. Spooner, of Bland ford. 
Gentlemen, 
I am induced to address you on the following subject by two 
reasons; first, from reading an observation recommended by 
Mr. W. Percivall, viz. “ / wish every one would only write what 
he knows , and as much as he knows and, secondly, in the hope 
that other veterinarians, of larger practice, may be induced to 
favour the profession with the subject of their opinions and the 
result of their experience. 
Mr. J. Turner has recommended a new system of shoeing;; 
jiew, inasmuch as it has not been generally practised, and 
