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ing at first, but many from not taking enough blood, and more 
from not bleeding at all. 
Mr. Green usually gave hellebore in scruple doses. 
Mr. Mavor often gave it in drachm doses. 
Mr. J. Percivall had given it in drachm doses every three hours. 
He recommended surgeons to purchase the root and pound it 
themselves. 
Mr. Youatt stated, that there was a surgeon in the country 
who gave it, and with seeming impunity, in the enormous doses 
of eleven or twelve drachms. In small doses it nauseated • in 
large doses it became a tonic. 
Since the present number went to press, the nation has lost a 
liberal, and patriotic, and excellent monarch, and the veterinary 
profession a kind and zealous patron. George IV had, from 
his boyish days, been almost enthusiastically attached to the 
horse, and had felt great interest in veterinary affairs. He had 
condescended to become the patron of the Veterinary College ; 
but we know that he was becoming much displeased with the 
late management of that Institution, and that his patronage was 
continued, not because he approved of the conduct of the pro¬ 
fessors or the governors, but because, with all its faults, it was 
the only national institution of the kind. How soon that dis¬ 
pleasure would have been evinced by some public act, it is not 
now for us to affirm. The cause of veterinary science has lost in 
him an ardent and a powerful friend and patron. If his au¬ 
gust successor will deign to communicate with any of the esta¬ 
blishment connected with the horses, and with whom his be¬ 
loved brother occasionally condescended to converse, he will 
learn the often-repeated sentiments of his august predecessor on 
this subject. 
BOOKS RECEIVED FOR REVIEW. 
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On the Foot of the Horse, and Shoeing. By Bracy Clark, F.L.S. and of 
the Institute of France. The second Edition, enlarged and improved. 
A Dissertation on the Component Parts of the Animal Body. By W.H. 
Dewhurst, M.R C.S. Second Edition, considerably enlarged. 
