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doctored by various men of the old school, who had repeatedly 
blistered him from the foot to the top of his shoulder. The 
horse still getting worse, Mr. Minton wished very much for me 
to purchase him at a low price. I operated on him. The horse 
got perfectly sound, and was sold as an unnerved horse for £40 
in less than six weeks after the operation. 
These are a few of the many cases submitted to my treatment 
and care : perhaps I may be asked, why I do not publish the un¬ 
successful cases ? In reply I beg leave to state, that I never had 
but two; and, for very plain reasons, I never will operate upon a 
case I consider doubtful or uncertain. If all men were to exer¬ 
cise equal caution, neurotomy could not come into disrepute. 
There is one more subject I wish to call the attention of vete¬ 
rinary surgeons to, viz., the law respecting the soundness and un¬ 
soundness of horses ; it is a point on which veterinary surgeons 
differ widely. I think there ought to be some rule or law 
laid down, giving to them full power to decide; and the one I 
should suggest is the following : that the gentlemen of the Jockey 
Club should hold a council with some of the most eminent and 
talented of the veterinary surgeons, such as Professor Coleman, 
Mr. Sewell, and the Messrs. Field, Percivall, and Youatt; and, 
conjointly, frame such rules and regulations as would settle and 
end all the unpleasant and contradictory disputes arising from 
this fertile source. 
THE VETERINARIAN, JANUARY 1 , 18 : 38 . 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat.— Cicero. 
WE cordially congratulate the profession at large on the on¬ 
ward progress of the Veterinary Medical Association. There is 
not a member of it, or of the profession, who will not read with 
delight the announcement of the noble donation of Messrs. 
Hughes and Templar, of Calcutta. It is not, however, the 
amount of money which makes this communication valuable; it 
is the spirit which animates and unites with us in one glorious 
cause those betw'een whom and ourselves wide oceans roll. I 
wish it were in my power to give you £500 on my own account,” 
says Mr. Hughes. Go on, and prosper.’^ We thank him as 
