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wound in the chest after the operation w’as performed. The pulse 
w^as 45, and strong. The enlargement of the veins had nearly 
disappeared, and the wound in the chest, which before the 
operation was in a very unhealthy state, and the smell very 
offensive, w^as discharging pus of a healthy character. The 
wound was dressed twdce a day with the unguent, tereb. 
14/A.—The mare continued getting better in health, and 
appeared to be gaining strength rapidly, and she walked in a 
much firmer and stronger manner. 
\Qth. —The neck and chest goino' on well. I ordered her to 
be loose for a few hours, and to be able to lie down if disposed ; 
watching her all the time, that she might not rub her neck 
atjainst anv thiiio*. 
l^th .—The wound in the chest healing rapidly; the neck a 
little swelled and hot. I cut two or three of the sutures of the 
external w'ound, and let out a great deal of healthy pus, and 
afterwards dressed the opening with tinct. of myrrh. 
24///.—The ligatures round the vein, and the sutures of the ex¬ 
ternal wound, had all sloughed away, and the wound was quite 
healed; likewise the wound in the chest: and on the 3lst of 
October I visited the mare for the last time, and ordered her to 
be put to work with the other horses. 
Mai/ Xth, 1835.—I saw the mare to-day, and was told by the 
owner that she had been at work regularly, and to all appear¬ 
ance without producing the least inconvenience, it being now 
six months since the operation was performed. 
THE FETERINARIAN, JUNE 1 , 1835 . 
Nc quid falsi dicerc audcat, no quid veri non audeat.—Ciciciio. 
THE EARLY HISTORY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE. 
Extracted from The llisionj of Medicine ” hij M. J. F. C. 
Hecker, Professor at the Universitij of Berlin. 
I'wo other veterinarians, Hippocrates and Ilermerius, were 
contemporaiies of Apsyrtus. In the collection of Constantine 
Porphyrogenitus, already referred to, are many extracts from 
the former of these writers. They arc, for the most jrart, of 
inferior merit, and often contain nothing more than worthless 
