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and the ostler, she had been sold into their stables, and was in ex¬ 
cellent condition. On closely examining- these post-horses, I de¬ 
tected two cases of glanders, and two of farcy without glanders; 
and this in a stable that had been occupied by post-horses for many 
a year, without a single case of farcy or glanders. On discover¬ 
ing this, I ordered the black mare out, saying that if I found 
her perfectly free from discharge, and with no enlargement of 
the submaxillary glands, I would not accuse her as the cause of 
all this mischief. She was precisely in the same state as when 
I first saw her. The first horse that failed was her own part¬ 
ner, and the next stood in the same stable. Those about the 
stables were so much mortified by this discovery, that the mare 
was immediately afterwards smuggled away; the infected horses 
w ere also removed, or died. Proper precautions w r ere used with 
respect to the stables, and no further disease appeared. 
THE VETERINARIAN , DECEMBER 1 , 1830 . 
Nc quid falsi dicerc audeat, lie quid veri non audeat.—C icero. 
On the 15th ultimo the session at the Veterinary College 
commenced, and Mr. Coleman delivered his introductory lecture. 
We do not recollect to have seen the theatre more crowded, or 
the appearance of the class more respectable, or the auditors 
more attentive; unless when they w T ere distracted, and that too 
frequently, and even to the very last sentence of the lecture, by 
the creaking of the door, when some of Mr. Coleman’s old pupils, 
who came to shew the respect they had for him, only disturbed 
and annoyed him. 
The professor looked well; and almost in rude health. 
The lecture was, in the main, that to which we have for many 
a year listened — the same incomprehensible diatribe against 
comparative anatomy, as leading to comparative physiology, and 
comparative pathology. We could never conceive what com¬ 
parative anatomy the veterinary student would have the inclina¬ 
tion or the opportunity to study, except that of the patients on 
whom he would have to practise; and with regard to them, we 
