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a necessary or invariable character in the disorder, but that 
either may happen according to the individual case; still a 
suppression is the more usual condition, from the cause we have 
formerly stated, viz., that that which arrests digestion will pro¬ 
bably also have a tendency to arrest the flow of bile. And also 
from the works of Dr. Orton on Indian Cholera, 2 vols., Madras, 
1820, and since edited in London. Also from the writings of 
Frederick Corbyn, an eminent surgeon in the Company’s 
establishment in India, and a considerable number of his 
medical associates, in an excellent communication to Sir Gilbert 
Blane, inserted in the Medico-Chirurgical Transactions, vol. ii, 
p. 110. On turning to the writings of Dr. Cullen, we see that 
he gives a most woful description of the highly-bilious nature 
of this complaint, and that “ the bile is acting both upwards and 
downwards,” &c. As to his treatment, it is chiefly derived from 
Sydenham. 
And now, in conclusion, may I presume to state that this 
stimulant plan of treatment was strongly urged by me, and with 
all the combined agents necessary to render it successful in the 
treatment of horses, as far back as 1804-5 ; and of which I 
ascertained and gave a full account to the public in a dissertation 
printed in London, in 1815, where many interesting particulars 
and remarks may be seen, not here introduced ? And may 1 not 
also state, that, from having contemplated the disease in the 
simple form in which it appears in the horse, I was led to extri¬ 
cate it from its so generally imagined bilious origin ; and by com¬ 
paring and transferring those observations to the human body, 
was led to see also that the bile had hardly more to do with the 
disease in the one case than it had in the other? 
Having brought to a conclusion my observations on this per¬ 
plexing malady, in token of long friendship and sincere regard, 
I now inscribe them to my very worthy and learned friend. Dr. 
Hodgkin. 
Tauiiton-place, RegentVpark, 
6 mo. 1st, 1833. 
Although retaining our former doubts as to the analogy which 
Mr. Bracy Clark imagines to exist between cholic in the horse 
and cholera in the human being, we have very great pleasure in 
inserting this second dissertation. We proudly recognize the 
accomplished classical scholar, and one of the ornaments of 
the veterinary profession; and we can assure him that, if he would 
mingle more with his brethren, as friend meets friend, he would 
experience a cordial reception, and find that he was not under¬ 
valued by them.—En. 
