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keeper of this town; the joint was so completely laid open, that 
I could easily pass my finger between the two rows of bones of 
the knee-joint. There was a complete division of the extensor 
tendons, and one of the bones (the magnum) was fractured. 
For three months she was deprived of the power of extending her 
foot; but she now works regularly on a farm, and oftentimes 
carries her owner (a farmer, to whom she was sold for the pur¬ 
pose of breeding) to market, without shewing much lameness. 
To P. B. P., an anonymous correspondent*, I am indebted for 
a very useful remedy for promoting the cleansing of cows, by the 
application of the chlorides of lime and soda. And to Mr. Proc- 
torf, for a useful remedy in a very troublesome complaint; viz. 
the employment of cantharides, combined with other stimulants, 
in cases of “ incontinence of urine.” I wish I could also congra¬ 
tulate the Sub-Demonstrator of the College, Richard Vines, Esq., 
on the employment of cantharides in glanders. I gave his pre¬ 
scriptions a fair trial in several instances, but without success. 
He has taken much trouble to write his book; but, I fear, with¬ 
out much practical benefit to the profession. But “ nil desperan- 
dumhaving entered the lists, he should not be foiled at the 
first, onset, but, like a true knight (who, as Cid Hamet’s hero 
says, “though I be vanquished to-day, I may conquer to¬ 
morrow”); let him reset his lance in rest, and venture another 
encounter. 
We devise plans oftentimes for the production of good, not 
knowing, till experience may happen to teach us, that no good 
will arise. Inconsistencies are usually accompanied by an error 
in judgment, by an absence in thought, or by acting prema¬ 
turely. We do not sufficiently bring ourselves under the guidance 
of reason. 
“ Nunquam ita quisquam bene subducta ratione ad vitam fuit, 
Quin res, aetas, usus semper aliquid apportet novi, 
Aliquid moneat, ut ilia, quae te scire crcdas, nescias; 
Et quae tibi putaris prima in experiundo ut repudies.” 
Terence , Act V. 
I beg to congratulate the Editors on the commencement of 
the fifth volume of The Veterinarian. They have had, 
I believe, some up-hill work ; a plenty of rubbish to remove; and 
they have still a plenty remaining; but they have only to exert 
their strength in proportion to its quantity, and success must and 
will crown their endeavours. “ Magna est veritas et praevalebit.” 
For the final triumph of truth is as sure as is the indisposition of 
* Veterinarian, vol. ii, page 143. t Ibid, vul. ii, page 114. 
