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disease. Enough has been written on that subject, and many 
of the plans recommended are sufficient for the end : suffice 
it to say, that the principal points to be attended to are paring 
away the detached hoof, and dressing* the surface with some 
caustic, of which muriate of antimony is the best. But as 
prevention is better than cure, I would recommend a strict in¬ 
vestigation into the cases in each pasture, and, having* ascer¬ 
tained the true cause, the proper means of prevention will be 
readily sugg*ested. 
Quarterly Journal of Agriculture, Feb . 1831. 
THE VETERINARIAN , APRIL 1 , 1831 . 
Ne quid falsi diccrc audeat, ne quid veri lion audeat.—C icero. 
[With the consent of my brother-editor, the following essay, 
on a subject interesting to every reader, is adopted as the lead¬ 
ing article in the present Number.—W. Y.] 
A circumstance which made a deep and painful impression 
on my mind, has caused me to direct my attention to a subject of 
the utmost importance to the veterinary practitioner, as it regards 
his own safety, and, more especially, the safety of those whom 
he employs. A young veterinary friend, very incautiously and 
fool-hardily on his part, more incautiously and indefensibly so on 
the part of those under whose instructions he acted, attempted to 
ball a rabid horse. The animal had previously shewn himself to 
be dangerous, and had slightly bitten a person who gave him a 
ball on the preceding evening. He seized our young friend s 
hand, lifted him from the ground, and shook him as a terrier 
would shake a rat. It was w ith the greatest difficulty that he 
was compelled to relinquish his hold, and not until he had bitten 
his victim to the bone, and almost torn the flesh away from the 
upper and lower side of the hand. Proper precautionary mea¬ 
sures w ere taken ;— our friend bought a lesson of future caution 
at the expense of considerable and repeated torture, and we 
have no longer any fear about him. 
