THE EYE OF THE HORSE. 
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vedon ? or is the veterinary profession in a state of utter degra¬ 
dation there ? Do medical men act courteously, honestly, when, 
in cases like these, they take to themselves a part of the affair 
which does not belong to them, and to which they are not compe¬ 
tent? Do they consult their own reputation ? Do they act ho¬ 
nourably by their patients? Cases continually occur in which the 
veterinarian of many a yearns practice is unable at once to decide 
whether the animal submitted to his inspection is rabid, and he 
craves time. There is scarcely a veterinary surgeon who does 
not look back with regret on cases in which he needlessly excited 
the most agonizing fears, or suffered a human being to remain 
in a state of dangerous fancied security. Is, then, the human 
surgeon, who has not, perhaps, seen a dozen cases of rabies, or 
half so many, in his whole life, competent to decide? or is he 
acting rightly, conscientiously, w'hen he pretends to decide? 
This part of the subject will be resumed at another, and, 
perhaps, not very distant period; for it is not in this respect alone 
that the human surgeon trenches on the rights of the veterinarian, 
and in a manner which he would himself repel with no slight de¬ 
gree of indignation. How many a strange and ludicrous and 
absurd horse and dog-doctoring story can we tell! and some cal¬ 
culations we could make of the sum netted per annum by certain 
apothecaries, who should not take so much from our scanty re¬ 
muneration and livelihood. 
The Essay on the Physiology of the Eye of the Horse, by Mr, 
Molyneux, we insert with pleasure; not because there is any thing 
particularly novel in it, but from its being a part of the thesis 
which he defended in the London Veterinary Medical Society 
when he was a candidate for its honours. It is generally correct— 
some parts of it are very well written, and Mr. M-is evidently 
disposed to think for himself. 
We insert it, because it is pleasing to the old stagers to know 
what the young ones now think and say on the questions which 
we once discussed on the same arena ; and because it enables us 
to judge of the state of our school and our art, and to calculate 
upon the future stars and ornaments of our profession. There 
arc few who distinguish themselves in after-life who do not give 
