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ON THE NAVICULAR DISEASE. 
terani, zingib., ferri sulph. a a sij, cumol. anisi gtt. 20 indies. 1fo¬ 
mentations applied to abscesses every two hours. 
14 th. —No amendment; bowels in a relaxed state. Cont. medic. 
17th .—Considerably worse ; pulse quick ; foetid discharge from 
nostrils; new tumours burst; lies down frequently; rather costive; 
a great degree of stiffness existing in the neighbourhood of the 
loins. R aloes 3ij • frequent enemas; tumours dressed with di¬ 
gestive ointment. . . 
19^/i.—Colt fast losing flesh; stiffness at the loins increased. 
R zingib. 3ij ferri sulph. 31s indies. From this time to the 4th 
°fMay the animal gradually became worse; and then it was 
deemed necessary to destroy him. 
Post-mortem appearances .—Lungs slightly hepatized; intes¬ 
tines in a morbid state; an immense abscess in the capsule ol 
each kidney. The pus in each of them weighs 4 lbs.: that por¬ 
tion of the liver attached to the right kidney, is highly inflamed ; 
the other abdominal viscera perfectly sound. 
ON MR. TURNER’S PAPER ON THE NAVICULAR 
DISEASE. 
London , Feb. 11, 1829. 
Oupere omnia scire, cujusque modi si lit, cunosorurn est; duci veio cu- 
piditate scientiae ad rnagnam rerum contemplationem, summorum virorum 
esse putandum .—Cicero de jin. 
Mr. Editor, 
I BEG leave, through the medium of your useful Periodical, to 
convey to Mr. Turner, the thanks of a humble individual, for his 
interesting communication (which appeared in the last Number of 
“The Veterinarian”) on the subject of the “ Navicular Disease.” 
I cannot presume that any thing which proceeds from the pen 
of a solitary reader of your work, can add weight to the decided 
talent he has already displayed, and the science he has discoveied 
in the treatment of that disease; but I do sincerely hope that he 
may be induced to favor the public with a further development 
of his experience upon the case in question, so soon as he shall 
have delivered it, as he proposes, to the Society. 
Allow me to observe, that the insertion of such interesting and 
important articles, drawn up by practitioners of the judgment that 
Mr Turner clearly evinces, cannot fail to establish and support 
the credit of your publication, and to render it generally acceptable 
to every class of readers. 
I am Sir, your obedient servant, 
J. F. 
