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ON THE PATENT HORSE SANDAL. 
R. Pulv. nucis vomicae. jij 
Hydriod. potassae . gr. xx 
Pulv. gent. jij 
Pulv. zingib. rad. 3j 
Make into a ball to be given daily. 
1th .—Apparently nearly well. The owner, anxious to send the 
filly a-field.” Withdraw the setons, omit the medicine, and apply 
an extensive cerate-charge over the loins and back, rendered more 
stimulating by the addition of cantharides, and covered with flocks 
of wool. 
November 15^/t.—There still remains some weakness, and the 
owner, impressed with the idea that it is from lying on the cold 
ground, has housed my patient, and sent for some strengthening 
medicine. 
R. Pulv. uux vomicae . 3vi 
Pulv. gent. Jiss 
Pulv. baccae piment. 3vi 
Pulv. zingib. 3iij 
Lyttae pulv. gr. xxiv 
Beat into a mass with treacle, divide into six balls, and give one 
every alternate day. 
26ifA.—Apparently quite well, and continues so up to this date. 
Remarks .—I commenced with depletion, fearing the remains of 
some pre-existing inflammatory attack, and gave calomel and 
iodine, with a view of attempting the removal of any deposit 
which might by its pressure have been the cause of disturbance to 
the sensorium. My patient was in remarkably good condition, and, 
what is singular, never once during the disease evinced any ten¬ 
dency to costiveness of the bowels. 
ON THE PATENT HORSE SANDAL. 
By W. PeRCIVALL, Esq.y First Life Guards. 
Having reason to believe that my Sandal has—with some at 
least—got into undeserved disrepute from a fault (though perhaps 
a pardonable one) of their own, and not from any fault of the shoe, 
I beg to trouble you with a few observations thereon; which, how¬ 
ever, I shall preface with an extract of a letter recently received 
from my^ cousin, Charles Percivall, V.S. Royal Artillery. 
He tells me that “ on the 11th November he met the Surrey 
fox-hounds at Hamsey Green, where they soon found, and, after 
changing foxes once or twice, had, altogether, a long run. Not 
