272 THE EARLV HISTORY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE. 
which seems to exist between the insanity of man and all those 
fancies so singularly capricious in animals ; the return of which 
is more or less frequent, and often by no means to be prevented ; 
and which, besides, are only seen when connected with one spe¬ 
cial circumstance or train of circumstances, the common appear¬ 
ance and behaviour of the animal presenting nothing extraordi¬ 
nary, or even particular ? Does it not also seem impossible to 
avoid referring to any other derangement than insanity those 
sudden dispositions to restiveness, stubbornness, fantastical con¬ 
duct, fury, which suddenly appear without any apparent diseased 
state, either habitual or periodical; and in horses that at other 
times, and in every other situation, the object of their aversion, 
their terror being put out of the question, are as obedient and 
tractable and free, and as exempt from dangerous caprices, as 
they are now frightened, difficult to manage, or timid ? 
Doctrine Physiologique appliquee a la Medecine Veterinaire, 
THE VETERINARIAN, MAY 1 , 1835 . 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat.—C icero. 
THE EARLY HISTORY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE. 
Extracted from The History of Medicine f hy M. J. F. C. 
Hecker, Professor at the University of Berlin, 
It would be exceedingly useful to unite the maladies of all 
living beings in one course of instruction, in order to arrive at a 
profound knowledge of the laws of nature ; but this is a problem, 
to the solution of which many obstacles have hitherto opposed 
themselves. Before this union, both human and veterinary me¬ 
dicine ought to have attained the highest state of perfection. 
They both owe their origin to the necessity which bounds the 
latter to the maladies of a few animals only. Both being now 
recognized among the most useful sciences, they may, as each 
makes new* progress, be compared together, but they cannot be 
mingled in the same system of tuition; for the age has not yet 
sufficiently advanced to enable any one to treat of the diseases 
