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some satisfactory indication of talent in their youth—coming 
events here cast their shadows far and distinctly before them. 
It would be most gratifying to us if we were favoured with a 
continued series of these papers. They would not occupy any 
very great space in our journal; while to the young aspirant and to 
his friends they would be highly gratifying; the staid practitioner 
would sometimes in imagination fight his battles over again ; and, 
if we may judge from the few samples we have had, we should 
occasionally derive not a little information. 
The report of M. Bouley on the eflScacy of the hydrate of the 
peroxide of iron as an antidote against arsenic, does him the 
highest credit. The labour which he endured, and the expense 
with which he burdened himself, must have been very great; and 
the inquiiy is throughout conducted with skill and caution, and 
in the spirit of true philosophy. M. Bouley is an unpretending 
writer; but we know not one among the French veterinarians 
who is more deserving of praise and esteem. 
We went two or three days ago into the shop of one of our 
leading manufacturing chemists, in order to make some in¬ 
quiries respecting this hydrate. They had not a particle of it; 
not a soul had asked for it or about it ; and they could not tell 
any thing about the price, except that it would not be cheap. 
Surely this is not creditable either to the human surgeon or to 
the veterinarian. 
The ‘^military fracas” we insert with some reluctance and pain. 
We find our brother practitioner where every cavalry vet. should 
be,—associating with his officers; we find him acquitted of the 
charge of ungentlemanly conduct; but we see him previously 
exposed to shameful indignities. We will not at present venture 
to hazard an opinion respecting the whole of the transaction, 
but we will most diligently endeavour to become possessed of 
the real facts. On the conduct of our cavalry veterinary sur¬ 
geons, and the estimation in which they are held, depends, 
more than on almost any thing else, our general respectability 
and acceptance. 
Y. 
