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and was noticed for some time not to eat freely: at length he 
became so stiff, that he fed almost entirely upon the hedges for 
some days before any thing was considered wrong with him. 
In those cases there is not the slightest symptom of an affection 
of the brain, and is, so far as 1 have observed, equally as slow 
in its progress as the other species. In some cases I have found 
these symptoms the precursor of farcy or glanders ; and in one or 
two cases, in which I have had an opportunity of examining the 
pathological state of the animal after death, which had been so 
affected, I have found the cellular tissue in the interstices of the 
muscles of the back and neck so vascular, as to appear as if filled 
with extravasated blood. I must now have done, as I find this 
sheet, notwithstanding its size, is getting filled ; but before doing 
so, must just notice, that if the case was what I suppose it to 
have been (for both I and several of the other witnesses never 
having seen the case, can only suppose we are correct), then, 
I say, Mr. Cowie is wrong in condemning the measures adopted 
by those who treated the case, because he afterwards recommends 
what they had done, with the exception of the use of tonics; 
but if he calls the use of such remedies quackery, when com¬ 
bined with the others, then he must also call Dr. Elliotson a 
quack, even although he is daily in the successful practice of 
remedies. 
SOME OBSERVATIONS ON SHOEING. 
By J. C astley, F.S. 12 th Royal Lancers. 
It may, I think, be assumed as an aphorism in shoeing, that 
there is no one form of horseshoe which has yet been invented, 
or which the ingenuity of man can invent, equally suited to all 
kinds of feet. Nor ought we to be at all surprised at this, when 
we consider the great variety of form and character observable 
in the hoofs of horses ; the various treatment to which the ani¬ 
mal is subjected; and other circumstances connected with this 
very important part of veterinary practice. 
Every form of horseshoe that has from time to time been 
brought forward, not only has had , but still has, its advocates 
and its adherents. Almost every one has some particular advan¬ 
tage or recommendation, and merits more or less our attention. 
The true art of shoeing may therefore be said to consist far more 
in the right application than in the make of the shoe itself, or 
in any one exclusive and uniform plan. There are, it is true, 
certain rules equally applicable to all. Some general principles 
