A LETTER TO THE EDITOR. 
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thick deep-coloured synovia. These threads increase in number 
and size; then comes the calcareous matter, and perfect ossifica¬ 
tion is effected in irregular spherical masses; and in one case, of 
which I made a particular note, I was surprised at the early period 
of the disease at which these threads of cartilage appeared, and in 
considerable numbers. Enough for the present purpose. I ima¬ 
gine I have said sufficient to shew you an important difference be¬ 
tween windgall and bog-spavin. 
“ A. Cherry , Esq .” “ RICHARD PRITCHARD. 
[We thank Mr. Cherry for this communication. The article to 
which the excellent remarks of Mr. Pritchard allude is on “ Wind- 
galls”—as synonymous with bursal swellings —in general , without 
especial reference either to fetlock windgalls or to bog-spavin.—• 
Ed. Yet.] 
A LETTER TO THE EDITOR. 
By Arthur Cherry, M.R.C. V.S. 
Sir,—I n perusing your Journal of this current month, I am 
surprised at the concluding sentence of a letter from Mr. W. 
Cumin. It is strange that the advocacy of a good and deserving 
class should have been tortured into so perverse a meaning as that 
of upholding such a character, either individually or collectively, 
as the one cited by Mr. Cumin : such a remark may be presumed 
by the writer to be a witticism, or it may be directed as a blow at 
what was intended for a far different object; and the man who 
cannot discriminate between the good and the worthless, or who 
will not take the trouble either to read attentively, or reflect on 
what he does read, is hardly worth the trouble of correction. 
It may probably be, that I have not expressed myself perspicu¬ 
ously ; but this I doubt, after the remarks that have been made to 
me by those whose knowledge and opinion I hold in respect. 
Perhaps also my opportunities may have been more extensive, and 
of longer duration than Mr. Cumin’s : be this as it may, it does not 
require comment. 
I have not in any way advocated the admission of any one 
whatsoever without the application of a test, whereby a certain 
fitness might be elicited. 1 have not hinted even at the means of 
applying such test, however I might feel disposed to freely admit 
other than those who have graduated at a veterinary school into 
the corporate body. I am not so ignorant of the provisions of the 
