TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
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We acknowledge the receipt of a letter from the gentleman 
who once sent us a packet of a medicine in which he put great 
faith as a remedy for glanders. He tells us that it has perfectly 
succeeded in another case, in which glanders was combined with 
farcy, and the glanders communicated from another horse. He 
adds, that he is anxious to have it tried, and as extensively as 
may be, in the practice of others. 
We have already stated, that it perfectly succeeded in a case 
under our own inspection ; and if he will send us another pack¬ 
age of it, we shall be ready to forward his wishes, by transmit¬ 
ting portions of it to those who will put it to the test: but this 
on the plain understanding, that if the medicine should be proved 
to be as valuable as he thinks it to be, the whole history of its 
composition and mode of application shall be given to the public. 
I believe,” says he, in his last communication, ‘‘ that the time 
will come when I shall be enabled to publish such facts as may 
stagger some in authority but the only reason I have for con¬ 
cealment now, is, that I do not like to be laughed at; but I will 
acknowledge myself when I can bring forward a sufficient num¬ 
ber of proofs positive.” 
We do not see the dano;er of his beings laughed at” now; 
but, however, he shall have his own way, and we will hold him to 
his pledge. _ 
We thank our Somersetshire friend, A veterinary Surgeon” 
(we assign his locality to shew him that we do know him, and have 
heard from him before), for the compliment which he pays our 
Journal; but he must really permit us to use our own judgment 
in the selection of our papers. We have many masters to please ; 
and the only way to give satisfaction to the best of them, is to act 
impartially, and to fear nobody. 
He charges us with inserting some very common-place cases 
of horses that die at last, and such cases as every one who has 
been in country practice six months has met with often.” 
We demur to the truth of the accusation. We regard the re¬ 
cords of fatal cases as some of the most valuable that a medical 
Journal can contain. I'hey are convincing proofs of the honesty 
of the writer—they rank among those few, and too few they are, 
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