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KEVIEW.—HIPPOPATHOLOGY. 
to a phalanx that could not be opposed either with safety or honour. 
Our brethren on every part of the Continent are looking anxiously 
on, and ardently wishing success to, the cause of science and of 
justice. 
REVIEW. 
Quid sit pulchruni, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non.—H or. 
Hippopathology. Part I, Vol. II. The Diseases of the Air- 
passages, Lungs, and Heart of the Horse. By W. Per- 
CIVALL, M.R.C.S.; Licentiate of the Company of Apothecaries ; 
Veterinary Surgeon to the 1^^ Life Guards; and Author of 
“ The Anatomy of the Horse f “ Veterinary Lectures f ^c. 
Returning, and we hope, re-established health has permitted 
Mr. Percivall to resume his important task. We recognize the 
same correct view of the subjects as they pass b.efore him; the 
same clear, terse, yet harmonious style of writing; and we trust 
that no return of the attack of those respiratory affections, of which 
he here speaks so truly and so well, will prevent him from 
speedily accomplishing his task, and gratifying the wishes of his 
veterinary friends and brethren. 
The arrangement of this volume is perfectly new ; and there is 
a great deal of matter of which the veterinary profession had 
scarcely heard or thought. The writer of this sketch can well 
recollect the time when a very superficial attention was paid to 
the indications of the pulse of the horse, and its changing and all- 
important characters. The period is still more recent, when he who 
attempted to ascertain the character and degree of the disease of 
the pulmonary organs by the application of his ear to the side or 
to other parts, was regarded with some degree of astonishment, or 
even with a degree of ridicule. There were a few—and one of 
the staunchest of them was our respected and valued friend John 
Field—who comprehended all the advantage to be derived from 
this method of exploration : and the character of the disease is 
often traced as accurately as if there were no interposition of in¬ 
tegument or bone. And now we have a new and most interesting 
field of observation opened before us,—the exploration of the state 
of the heart; a subject which would seem to be beset with diffi¬ 
culties of every form and character, but which has yielded to dili¬ 
gent and sober examination, and can, if it has nothing else to give, 
present us with a map of the organ and its diseases, {md our danger. 
