50 REMARKS ON THE DISCUSSION OF MR. CHERRY’S 
with a little judicious variation become those of cattle and sheep 
medicine, and that practice and observation may be made to fill up 
in his mind the deficiencies. That he was not taught medicine as 
applied to dogs and cattle and sheep, is no blame of his; but he 
will be to blame, and seriously so, if he do not, with all his power 
and might, seize every opportunity of gaining information on these 
subjects, as well from books as from observation; so that, when 
called on, he may find himself in the enviable situation of a medical 
man in practice who is prepared to meet every description of case, 
to encounter every emergency. 
Finally, we would remind farmers and graziers that, would they 
avail themselves to the fullest extent of the aid of the veterinary 
practitioner, two duties on their part are owing to him :—one is, 
to call him to the assistance of the sick animal in time, ere the 
stream of life has been ebbing too long to be turned back again; 
the other, to afford him, when called in, every liberty and assist¬ 
ance in their power. Let them remember that there is a point in 
the ebb of vitality, beyond which human aid counts for nothing; 
let them also remember that, to render them likely to prove ser¬ 
viceable, the doctor’s hands must not be tied, but, on the contrary, 
have every scope and required help given to them. Are farmers 
and graziers in the habit of so acting] Mr. Wadlow, whose letter 
on the subject stands in our present Number, shall answer the 
question. 
“ When their cattle are attacked, they employ the cowleech, 
who generally administers some favourite nostrum, as applicable for 
that as for any other of the many diseases to which it is invari¬ 
ably applied; and thus the disease goes on, each day becoming 
more virulent, and attacking other animals. Then, when the 
wisdom of the owner and the ingenuity of the cowleech have been 
exhausted, and the disease has become aggravated to its utmost 
extent, the unfortunate veterinary surgeon is called in, though, 
unless he can bring supernatural means to his aid, he can indeed 
do nothing; and then he is blamed for malpractice and want of 
knowledge. 
“ I write this with a thorough knowledge of its truth. All my 
relations, both by consanguinity and marriage, are farmers—all 
more or less owners or breeders of cattle—all opulent—and, with 
