so 
ON GLANDERS. 
quired information, perhaps some of your subscribers will do me 
that favour. 
I cannot deny but that I have both heard and read of this said 
library, in times and on occasions afore. But never, while even 
I was a pupil myself at the Veterinary College, did I behold one 
book or leaf belonging thereto. In fact, it has ever, within my 
remembrance, been a crying evil that no library was to be found 
within the college walls ; at least none that was (as most undoubt¬ 
edly it ought to have been) accessible, or in any way made 
available, to the pupils. 
All this to me seems strange—most passing strange ! Do, pray, 
Messrs. Editors, unriddle the affair for me, and relieve my mind ; 
for I assure you it has not been at rest since this novel intelligence 
of Agricola has burst forth upon it. 
Your’s, 
V. S. 
PS. Should you not have it in your power to satisfy me on 
this point, perhaps Agricola himself would kindly make us ac¬ 
quainted with the terms or conditions (if there were any) on which 
the library was presented; into whose hands it passed; and whe¬ 
ther it can be made available to the veterinary pupils or members. 
Perhaps some instructions (on record in the books of the Odiham 
Society) accompanied the presentation; and if this were the case, 
their transmission to The Veterinarian (by Agricola) would 
be rendering a kindness to a profession who are already indebted 
to him for his disinterested friendship. 
DEFENCE OF MR. VINES’S PUBLICATION ON GLAN¬ 
DERS, WITH A CASE OF ITS SUCCESSFUL TREAT¬ 
MENT BY CANTHARIDES. 
By Mr. R. Pritchard, Wolverhampton. 
Audi utramque partem. 
On perusing The Veterinarian for January 1832, I found 
as follows, from Mr. Karkeek:—“ I wish I could congratulate 
the sub-demonstrator of the College, Richard Vines, Esq. on the 
employment of cantharides in glanders. I gave his prescriptions 
a fair trial in several instances, but without success. He has 
taken much trouble to write his book, but I fear without much 
practical benefit to the profession.” I have but little time to 
spare for communicating with The Veterinarian, although I 
consider it a valuable work to the profession, and always feel 
