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to pain or torture like a Majendie; and so may every man who 
keeps his eyes open and thoughts at work : neither have I found 
it requisite, to enlighten me, to put dead parts into a vice in order 
that I might see whether they would squeeze together or not. 
I have not forwarded my papers in continuation, as I had some 
matters of very considerable practical importance to lay before the 
profession, and those required some care in preparation; I, there¬ 
fore, deferred them till they were complete. Even on this point, 
in which I know that there is much that is new, I claim no origi¬ 
nality; I put them forth as points for consideration, open to attack 
if wrong; and if it can be shewn that I have taken false views, I 
am ready, for my own sake, to retract them. But a controversy 
must be open, and supported by the undisguised authority of a 
name, and even that name must be one bearing some consideration, 
or I will not notice it. To those who will deal plainly and fairly 
with me I shall not run from or refuse a fight; but such compo¬ 
sitions as those by “ Shoeing-Smiths,” though they may be very 
witty and intelligible to Hodge the son of Hodge, my intellects are 
not sufficiently clear to see, nor will my self-respect allow me to 
notice them. 
I have said thus much—parenthetically as it were—in explana¬ 
tion of feelings and objects, and shall not again advert to them; 
but requesting insertion, 
I am, Mr. Editor, 
Yours obediently, 
Arthur Cherry. 
Nov. 10, 1849. 
AZOTIZED AND NON-AZOTIZED FOOD. 
By G. T. Brown, M.R.C. V.S., Regent's Park. 
To the Editor of “ The Veterinarian." 
Sir,— In the last number of The Veterinarian is an article 
by Mr. R. Read, of Crediton, on the influence of azotized and non- 
azotized food in the production of different conditions of the blood, 
as connected with the formation of fat and muscle. As the con¬ 
clusions he arrives at are singularly original in themselves, dif¬ 
fering not only from a “Liebig or a Playfair,” but from the whole 
scientific world, I hold it just, in a matter of such import, to submit 
his observations to the test of argument, estimating their value as 
they are found consistent with universally admitted principles. 
