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REVIEW. 
Quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non.—Hon. 
De LA Conformation DU Cheval, suivant les lois de la Phy¬ 
sique et de la Mecanique. Haras, Courses, Types Reproductives, 
Amelioration des Races, Vices Redhibitoires. Par M. A. 
Richard, Docteur en Medecine, Ancien Cultivateur et Eleve de 
recole d’Economie Rurale et Veterinaire d’Alfort; Directeur 
de l’ecole des Haras; Membre de plusieurs Societes, &c. Paris, 
1847. 
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On the Conformation of the Horse, in accordance with the 
Laws of Physics and Mechanics; and on Breeding, Racing, 
Hereditary Properties, Improvement of Breeds , and Unsound¬ 
nesses. By M. A. Richard, M.D., &c. Paris, 1847. 
To whatever extent British veterinarians and equestrians may 
boast of their comparative superiority in matters of practice and 
adduce their national breeds of horses, their feats in racing 
and hunting, and even their results in veterinary medicine, in 
proof of such alleged superiority, Frenchmen will beat them 
out of the field when the pen, and not the whip, the spur, or 
the lance, comes to be the weapon of combat. According to a 
calculation made by Leblanc from the “ Catalogue des Livres,” 
published by Huzard, up to the year 1838, there have been pub¬ 
lished 694 works on horse medicine, 11 on dog and cat medicine, 
8 on pig medicine, 78 on sheep medicine, 296 on cattle medicine, 
and 216 on domestic animals generally, not a tithe of which are 
English, and more than half of which are French. And while 
English veterinary literature is unable to produce a single indige¬ 
nous systematic work on the exterior conformation of the horse, 
our nearest continental neighbours, to say nothing of the standard 
work of the father of modern veterinary medicine (Bourgelat) on 
the subject, and of others of little note that have appeared in the 
interval, have within these last few years published two, both ex¬ 
cellent in their day and sphere; to wit, that of Lecoq, and the one 
at present before us. 
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